Curragh
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Kitty Bear arrives here in the best visible form of any horse in the race, having won at Roscommon just 23 days ago — that is a second win in the space of six weeks. Three wins from 24 races might not sound eye-catching, but back-to-back victories suggest she is in a purple patch right now. The worry is that her only record on wet or muddy ground is four runs without a win, and today's slightly soft surface could test that.
One of the more successful in the field (3 career wins)
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The market has made this eight-year-old the clear favourite at 6.5, and the editorial verdict singles him out as the one to beat — he has won three times at the Curragh and caught the eye here over this exact course and distance last time. He also wins roughly 1 in every 2 races on soft ground, which is a standout stat in this field given today's conditions. The concern is that slightly soft ground sits in a grey area — his soft ground record is excellent but his record on yielding and softer variants is poor, so the precise conditions matter.
Market favourite (6.5)
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Zero wins from eight races and six attempts at the Curragh without success — Lady Mary Heath has a mountain to climb in a field this large. That said, she ran third here just 45 days ago, beaten only half a length, which is the best piece of recent form in her record and shows she can be competitive at this track. She has never raced on slightly soft ground before, so how she handles today's conditions is genuinely unknown.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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She carries the best career win rate in the field, winning roughly 1 in every 6 races — a meaningful edge in a 23-runner field where many horses have never won at all. She ran at the Curragh just 30 days ago and the form line before her break shows a win followed by two second-place finishes, suggesting she knows how to compete. The unknown is her last two runs at the Curragh, where results are not fully available, so it is hard to know exactly where she is right now.
Best career win rate in field (1 in 6)
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Racing again just five days after his last run at Down Royal, Eichan San is being kept busy by the yard — though nine races without a win suggests the results have not justified the workload. He has never raced on slightly soft ground before and faces a new jockey today, meaning there are several unknowns stacked on top of an already thin record. Hard to make a case for him in a field this competitive.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
Runs again after just 5 days
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Eight races into his career and still without a win, Poweracclaim has very little in the data to recommend him for a competitive 23-runner race. He was beaten eight lengths at Naas just recently and the absence listed as 238 days alongside a last run noted as one day ago suggests there may be a data inconsistency — his recent form is hard to read with confidence. At 13-1, the market is not particularly excited either.
Absent 238 days (longest in field)
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One win from 20 races tells you this is a horse that makes you work hard for your money, and she has never won at the Curragh in seven attempts — a stubborn blank on the very track she needs to conquer today. Her recent return from a long absence showed some promise with a fourth last time out, but she has never won on wet or muddy ground, and that is exactly what she faces here. Drawn in stall 23, the worst position on this course at this distance, she has everything working against her.
Among the more experienced (20 career races)
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Five races, zero wins, and a recent sequence that reads 14th, 9th, and an unknown result — Angel Of Promise has given very little to work with so far. She has never raced on slightly soft ground, which adds another layer of uncertainty to a horse whose profile is already light on positives. Ridden by the high-profile Colin Keane is the most interesting thing about her entry today.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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Prime Sign has one win from seven races and is returning from a break of nearly seven months, which makes it very hard to know what to expect. She has never raced on slightly soft ground before and faces a jockey riding with her for the first time today — a lot of unknowns for a horse already light on experience. The market has her at 19-1, which reflects the uncertainty fairly.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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Ukiyo is running for the third time in under five weeks and is back on the track just three days after her last race — that is a remarkably quick turnaround and raises questions about freshness. She has finished second in two of her last four visible runs, so there is form in there, but zero wins on normal or fast ground and a poor record on left-handed galloping tracks are genuine concerns for today. The pace of her schedule is the biggest question mark.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Runs again after just 3 days
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The most experienced horse in the field by a long way — 50 races compared to a field average of 17 — Gegenpressing won last time out at Sligo and has a perfect four-from-four record there. But the Curragh is a completely different story: 14 races at this track without a single win, and a record of zero wins on right-handed or left-handed galloping tracks tells you his Sligo magic simply does not travel. He carries the lowest weight in the field, but the evidence strongly suggests the Curragh does not suit him.
Carries lowest weight in field
Most experienced (50 runs, field avg 17)
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Sixteen races without a win is a tough headline, but Hugo's Girl has placed five times and her last three results include two thirds and a tenth — the consistency is real even if the win eludes her. She ran third at the Curragh just 30 days ago, beaten less than a length, which makes her one of the closer finishers to a win in this field. The catch is she has never raced on slightly soft ground, so today is a test of how she handles the new surface.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
3 straight top-3 finishes
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Here is a horse with a quietly interesting ground profile — she has won two from three on yielding ground and one from three on good-to-yielding, making her one of the better performers in this field on softer conditions closer to what she faces today. Three wins from 20 races and a 15% win rate are solid enough, though she has never won at the Curragh in 11 attempts, which is a stubborn blank at the most important moment. If the ground suits, she is worth watching — but the Curragh curse is a real concern.
Best record on this ground (1 from 3)
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Twenty-eight races into her career with just one win tells you this is a horse that has found winning elusive, and a 15th-place finish beaten 28 lengths just 16 days ago is a worrying final run to bring into this race. Zero wins on soft or standard ground, and a record of never winning at the Curragh, paint a difficult picture. At 19-1, the market is not tempted, and the data does not offer much reason to argue.
Among the more experienced (28 career races)
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One of only a handful of horses in this 23-runner field who has actually won at the Curragh, which on this course counts for something. With four wins from 27 races, Rappell wins roughly 1 in every 7 outings and has a record of 10 places to go alongside — this is a horse that competes. The concern is a poor record on soft ground — zero wins from three attempts — and his recent form shows back-to-back runs where results are not fully available, so it is hard to gauge where he is right now.
One of few course winners (1 wins here)
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Back again just five days after finishing fourth at Down Royal, Dynamic Force is a seasoned seven-year-old with 33 races under his belt and three wins — but his record on this type of surface is a concern, with zero wins from 11 races on standard ground. He has also never won on a right-handed galloping track, and the Curragh fits that description. His best form has come over longer distances of a mile and beyond, so dropping to six furlongs today does not play to his strengths.
Runs again after just 5 days
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The standout fact here is that Salah Belle has already won over this exact course and distance — the only horse in the field with that specific tick in the box for today's six furlongs at the Curragh. She has been off the track for over four months, but her form before that break showed three consecutive placed efforts, suggesting she was in decent shape. The risk is a poor record on soft ground — zero wins from three attempts — and today's slightly soft surface is the one thing that could undermine an otherwise compelling case.
Has won over this course and distance
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Zero wins from 11 races but five placed finishes — Jazzit is a horse that keeps running into the frame without crossing the line first. He has never raced on slightly soft ground, which makes today's conditions a new test, but a fifth-place finish at Navan recently shows he is running respectably enough. The jockey-trainer partnership of James Ryan and T G McCourt has produced 38 winners from 533 races together, so there is experienced handling behind this horse even if the results have not come yet.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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Eight races without a win and no experience on slightly soft ground make Hot To Foxtrot a difficult horse to recommend here. She has been running consistently at Dundalk recently, finishing fourth and fifth in her last two outings, but the step up to a competitive 23-runner race at the Curragh is a significant jump in class and difficulty. Rated 9lbs below the field average, she is officially one of the least-fancied horses in the race on paper.
Lowest rated, 8lbs below average
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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Despite sharing the highest rating in the field alongside Four Blondes, Sommelier has drifted to 26-1 in the market — a significant vote of no confidence from those who know. Three consecutive poor runs and a record of zero wins on normal or fast ground does not inspire, and he has never raced on slightly soft conditions before, so today's surface is an unknown. The blinkers and tongue strap suggest the yard are trying everything, but a jockey-trainer combination that has won just once from 18 races together is not encouraging.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
Unfancied in the market despite a high rating
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Three races, no wins, no places, and now returning from a break of seven months — Dandy Land has given punters almost nothing to work with so far. She has never raced on slightly soft ground and her best finish is a fourth place, which came in her second race. The most inexperienced horse in the field by some distance, and at 41-1, that is reflected accordingly.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
Lightly raced (3 career races)
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Returning from a break of over six months and having never raced on slightly soft ground, Shamanka faces two significant unknowns at once in a wide-open 23-runner field. Seven races without a win, and her most recent outing was a 13th-place finish beaten over 11 lengths — there is very little in the data to build a case here. At 51-1, the market agrees.
Never raced on slightly soft ground
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Racing for the second time in six days, Green Icon's last two results were a 19th and an 18th — beaten by enormous margins both times — which is about as poor a run of form as you will find in this field. Zero wins from five attempts at the Curragh and zero wins on anything other than standard ground make the conditions here a further obstacle. At 51-1, this is a horse who would need an extraordinary turnaround in form.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Runs again after just 6 days
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