| Pos | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 1st |
5y 167 lbs |
Charlie Hammond Stuart Edmunds |
107 | 4/1 | |
| F |
5y 166 lbs |
Brian Hughes Donald McCain |
106 | 16/1 | |
| 🥉 3rd |
6y 164 lbs |
Theo Gillard Donald McCain |
104 | 6/1 | |
| 🥈 2nd |
5y 164 lbs |
Tom Cannon Alan King |
104 | 3/1J | |
| 5 |
4y 163 lbs |
Harry Skelton Dan Skelton |
105 | 3/1J | |
| 4 |
5y 156 lbs |
Alex Harvey John McConnell |
96 | 4/1 |
Playful Fox arrives at Bangor-on-Dee in sharper condition than the three horses rated narrowly ahead of him, and his progressive profile suggests he is still heading in the right direction, making those bare figures potentially flattering to his rivals. Uhtred Ragnarson leads on ratings but any fitness queries at this stage of his campaign could blunt his edge, while Eremenko and Hello Sweety represent honest threats over this staying trip of sixteen furlongs on good ground. The case for Playful Fox rests on a horse still improving meeting opponents who may not all be at their peak, and on that basis he is taken to come out on top.