Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Stakes

20:00 Southwell (AW) Mon 26 Oct 2026 6f16y Class 5 Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Riley Rocks

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 Est. 30%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Riley Rocks (SR:81, 9/4) is the market's pick and the money is emphatic — a 17% inward move to 9/4 — while the SR sits below Horace Wallace but the course and going credentials are decisive: Course:W2P2 at Southwell AW, DistFit:+, GoingFit:+ all confirmed. At 9-9 it carries 1lb more than Horace Wallace but a significantly lower SR (81 vs 88), yet the course specialism is the differentiator here on a track where prior wins matter. John Egan (9% career SR) is a notably weaker booking than Marco Ghiani (16%) and the MarkMv:+10 for Riley Rocks is a concern, but on a specialist All-Weather track with two wins here already, the specific course knowledge outweighs the rising mark. Each-way alternative: Horace Wallace. Main danger: Horace Wallace — Horace Wallace (SR:88, 7/2) is the highest-rated horse in the field, has steamed in 21% to 7/2 with a recent 044112 form string showing genuine improvement, and while GoingFit:~ and DistFit:~ are only moderate, the SR advantage of 7 points over Riley Rocks is real and could prove decisive.

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Full result

Winner: Tip Foster (GB) at SP 11/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Tip Foster Fox #3 David & Nicola Barron · Callum Rodriguez 10/1
2 Riley Rocks Fox #1 Dylan Cunha · Marco Ghiani 7/4
3 Overbudget Fox #4 Michael Appleby · Andrew Mullen 6/1
4 Kinnalargy David O'Meara · Tom Marquand 7/1
5 Rumble Ruby Lemos De Souza · George Wood 22/1
6 Dark Angel Light Julie Camacho · Jason Watson 33/1
7 Cosmic Clarets Scott Dixon · Kieran O'Neill 22/1
8 Horace Wallace Fox #2 Richard & Peter Fahey · John Egan 9/4
— Hallandale Beach Kevin Philippart de Foy · Billy Loughnane SP

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Riley Rocks 9/4 🥈 2ND
2 Horace Wallace 7/2 8TH
3 Tip Foster 9/1 SP 11/1 🏆 WON
4 Overbudget 6/1 🥉 3RD