Country & Town House Handicap Stakes Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Newbury · Thursday 23 July 2026 · Off 7:05 · Class 5 · 0m6f0y · Going: Good To Firm · Purse: £5,757 · 3yo+
British Gambler's Picks
Composite scoring across market position, Racing Post Rating, Topspeed, recent form and trainer 14-day strike rate. Tips, not guarantees — bet responsibly.
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes Always Perfect the clear favourite (implied 27.6% chance) at 7/4, trained by Charlie Fellowes. Distant Rumble is the chief market rival at 4/1.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Always Perfect. Best price available at Betfred — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Distant Rumble at 4/1. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety, particularly with bookies paying Extra Places in big-field handicaps.
★ Bigger-priced angle · The bigger-priced angle: Phoenix Moon at 12/1. Form figures of -14238 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
Class 5 · 0m6f0y · Good to firm going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 18% over the last 14 days.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Always Perfect 27.6% 7/4
- Distant Rumble 15.2% 4/1
- Waistcoat 12.6% 5/1
- Silver Wraith 10.8% 6/1
- Raffles Angel 10.8% 6/1
- Mumayaz 9.5% 7/1
- Eightthreeone 7.6% 9/1
- Phoenix Moon 5.8% 12/1
Field & Odds (10 runners)
Sorted by market position. Best price shown is the lowest decimal price across the leading UK horse racing bookmakers — tap any bookie pill to bet at that price.
| No. | Horse | J / T | Form | RPR | TS | Best Price | Top Bookies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (3) | Always Perfect NAP t |
J: Kieran Shoemark T: Charlie Fellowes |
45331 | 7/4 | |||
| 5 (10) | Distant Rumble EW |
J: Joe Leavy T: Roger Teal |
662137 | 4/1 | |||
| 1 (1) | Waistcoat DH t |
J: Jack Mitchell T: Ross Burdon |
92-190 | 5/1 | |||
| 2 (4) | Silver Wraith t |
J: David Probert T: Emma Lavelle |
1-1275 | 6/1 | |||
| 3 (9) | Raffles Angel |
J: Jason Watson T: Jack Jones |
189-63 | 6/1 | |||
| 4 (6) | Mumayaz |
J: Myla Coppins(7) T: Tony Carroll |
461435 | 7/1 | |||
| 8 (8) | Eightthreeone |
J: Charles Bishop T: Eve Johnson Houghton |
-13326 | 9/1 | |||
| 9 (7) | Phoenix Moon |
J: Rose Dawes(5) T: Denis Coakley |
-14238 | 12/1 | |||
| NR (5) | Jimmy Knocker t |
J: Luke Morris T: Andi Brown |
1-7752 | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| NR (2) | Just Jump |
J: Ashley Lewis(5) T: Tony Carroll |
758R15 | — | Prices update closer to the off |
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