Galway
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Racing In The City Of Tribes Handicap
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15h 4min
Turf track
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Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £5.50 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- With an average finish of 3 in recent runs, this horse keeps finishing close to the front. It would not need much luck to win.
- The ground works in this horse's favour. The ground makes a big difference in racing, and today it helps.
- A. Slattery wins only 7.8% of the time here. That weak record at this course counts against the horse.
TrackLab Insight
Fresh off a win at Leopardstown nine days ago, this horse has finished in the top 3 in two of the last three races and carries a 15% win rate overall—roughly one victory every six attempts. The visor is on, and Sam Coen has a solid record with trainer Slattery, but the low draw (7) offers no advantage at Galway, and past form on yielding ground is completely blank.
Top-3 finishes in 2 of last 3 races
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £6.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- With 58 races behind it, this horse knows what to expect. Experienced runners tend to cope better with pressure.
- With an average finish of 4 in recent runs, this horse keeps finishing close to the front. It would not need much luck to win.
- Has won 2 times at this course from 13 runs. A horse that has won here before may like the course.
TrackLab Insight
The most experienced horse (58 races) and the only runner to have won over this course and distance, but age and a 7% career win rate reveal modest talent. Three recent Galway runs show inconsistency (5-5-2), and the gap since the last victory is significant—yielding ground is a complete blank (0 wins from 11 starts).
Has won over this course and distance
Most experienced (58 runs, field avg 22)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £9.50 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Has run 1 time at this track with no wins yet. Some horses do not take to some courses.
- Has yet to win over this distance. It is like asking a sprinter to run a marathon. Distance matters, and this horse has not shown it can win here.
- A 15-runner race works against this horse. Too many runners can mean getting boxed in. Too few can mean nowhere to hide.
TrackLab Insight
One win from 14 races (7%) with no top-3 finishes in the last three starts tells a harsh story: this horse has found no winning ground—soft, yielding, good, or good-to-yielding all draw blanks—and the draw at 13 top-3 finishes it firmly outside the favourable zone. Only a narrow 4th at Roscommon last week offers any crumb of encouragement.
No clear distinguishing angle in this field
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £7.50 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Has won 1 time at this course from 4 runs. A horse that has won here before may like the course.
- Finishing 3rd last time is encouraging. A horse that finishes well is usually in good shape.
- M. Mulvany wins only 6% of the time here. That weak record at this course counts against the horse.
TrackLab Insight
A 3-year-old with just one win from 13 races, though recent form shows three consecutive top-3 finishes (most notably a 0.8L second at Curragh 12 days ago). The 8% win rate is modest, but soft and good ground both draw blanks, and the race pattern will depend heavily on how the track is watered.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £10.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- An 8.1% overall win rate for G. Ryan. Good jockeys make better decisions during a race.
- With an average finish of 4 in recent runs, this horse keeps finishing close to the front. It would not need much luck to win.
- This is a 15-runner race, and the size is not ideal. A big field means more traffic. A small field means nowhere to hide.
TrackLab Insight
Lightly raced with just three career races, this filly won at Galway last October but has managed only a fourth place since then, with a 49-day absence before a recent poor run at the same course. The 33% win rate looks decent, but a lone breakthrough followed by 11 months out of action suggests real fragility rather than genuine promise.
Lightly raced (3 career races)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £12.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- J. P. Murtagh wins 11.1% of all their races. That is a solid record. Good trainers get horses ready well and pick the right races.
- The ground works in this horse's favour. The ground makes a big difference in racing, and today it helps.
- A 15-runner race works against this horse. Too many runners can mean getting boxed in. Too few can mean nowhere to hide.
TrackLab Insight
The youngest runner here, this 3-year-old is relatively inexperienced with seven career races and a single win. Recent form reads 5-8-4, suggesting a loss of momentum, though soft ground (33% win rate) could help—but the draw at 4 and current trajectory offer limited encouragement.
Relatively inexperienced (7 career races)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £13.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- No wins at this distance yet. We cannot tell if the race is too long, too short or just right.
- Today's ground suits this horse. Like athletes who prefer one type of surface, horses have favourite ground.
- A 4.3% career win rate for R. Colgan. That is on the low side and could matter today.
TrackLab Insight
A nine-year-old course winner at Galway with a pair of recent seconds, this mare excels on soft ground (2 wins from 6 starts, 33%) and could find conditions to suit. The low draw (5) is favourable, though 819 days since the most recent winning run at Galway suggests the task has grown harder with age.
One of few course winners (1 wins here)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £13.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- The ground works in this horse's favour. The ground makes a big difference in racing, and today it helps.
- Has raced here 6 times without winning. This course has not suited the horse so far.
- A 6.1% record at this course for C. Murphy. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
Only seven days since last racing at Curragh (finishing 13th), this horse is poorly placed to bounce back with just 2 wins from 31 races (6%). The heavy-ground record looks decent, but soft and yielding ground offer nothing, and this is a first-time jockey-trainer partnership with a new rider.
Runs again after just 7 days
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £12.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- R. P. Cleary wins 4.8% of all their races. That is a strong record. A jockey who wins often gives a horse a better chance.
- Has won 3 times over this distance. That is a good sign the race length suits the horse.
- A 3.6% record at this course for R. P. Cleary. Some jockeys just do not do well at some courses.
TrackLab Insight
The lowest-rated runner (15lbs below field average) carrying the lightest weight, but this 5-year-old is a genuine course specialist at Galway with 3 wins from 6 races (50%)—the standout record in the field. Soft ground is a liability, but heavy and yielding ground suit, and the draw at 12 and weight advantage provide practical edge; she has already won this exact race.
Lowest rated, 15lbs below average
Carries lowest weight in field
Course specialist (3 wins from 6 here)
Has won over this course and distance
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £11.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Has had 46 career runs, so it is an experienced racehorse. Experience helps in a tough race.
- Recent results are getting better. The horse is finishing higher up. A horse that is improving often keeps improving.
- A 5.4% record at this course for C. O'Dwyer. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
At seven years old, this mare is a course specialist at Gowran Park (3 wins from 7 starts) but racing at Galway instead, where she has yet to win. Six wins from 46 races (13%) shows decent longevity, but the last 12 days have brought a 15th place at Curragh sandwiched between better efforts—form is fragile and the draw at 2 carries minimal advantage.
One of few course winners (1 wins here)
5
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £13.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- J. McConnell has won 6.9% of their races in their career. Trainers at this level know how to get horses ready.
- Today's ground suits this horse. Like athletes who prefer one type of surface, horses have favourite ground.
- A 4.1% record at this course for J. McConnell. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
A course winner at Galway 49 days ago, this 3-year-old has shown real promise but the form since (5th at Bellewstown) indicates the breakthrough may have been a high-water mark. One win from ten races and a preference for distances around 1m1f-1m2f work in her favour here, but yielding ground is a major risk (0 wins from 3).
One of few course winners (1 wins here)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £34.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- G. Cromwell wins 10.1% of all their races. That is a solid record. Good trainers get horses ready well and pick the right races.
- Results are getting better with each run. A horse on the way up has a good chance of a win soon.
- A 7.1% record at this course for G. Cromwell. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
Two wins from 21 races across low-level tracks mask a serious vulnerability: this horse cannot win on soft or yielding ground and struggles badly on right-handed galloping tracks like Galway (0 wins from 7). The draw at 15 is the worst in the field, and a 12th-place finish at Roscommon 15 days ago extends a recent decline.
Top-3 finishes in 2 of last 3 races
£1 wins £25 · 2 Long shot
A. Slattery has won 7.5% of their races in their career
2
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £26.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- A. Slattery has won 7.5% of their races in their career. That steady record counts for a lot.
- A. Slattery wins 7.9% of all their races. That is a solid record. Good trainers get horses ready well and pick the right races.
- A. Slattery wins only 7.8% of the time here. That weak record at this course counts against the horse.
TrackLab Insight
A 3-year-old with just one win from ten races, this filly has raced modestly and the last two runs (10th at Naas, 7th at Curragh) show deteriorating form. The 10% win rate is respectable for her age, but soft ground is a dead end (0 wins from 4), and she struggles on left-handed tracks.
Top-3 finishes in 2 of last 3 races
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £21.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- S. Heffernan wins 8.6% of their races at this course. Knowing the track is an advantage for any jockey.
- Finished 2nd in the last race, which is a good result. A good last run suggests the horse is in good shape.
- A 0% record at this course for R. Sweeney. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
Lightly raced and absent for 139 days—the longest break in the field—this 4-year-old has never won from three career attempts. The single placing came at Limerick on debut form, and the massive absence raises questions about fitness and whether the yard see genuine potential.
Lightly raced (3 career races)
Absent 139 days (longest in field)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £26.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Has had 51 career runs, so it is an experienced racehorse. Experience helps in a tough race.
- Has an official rating of 70. This is a score from the official rater, and a higher number means a better horse. This horse is rated well.
- G. Cromwell has a 7.1% win rate at this course. It is not their strongest track. Some stables do better at some tracks than others.
TrackLab Insight
The most reliable winner in the field with 8 victories from 51 races (16%, roughly 1 in 6), but this nine-year-old is a soft-ground specialist (3 wins from 12 starts) who has never won at Galway in six attempts and struggles on right-handed tight tracks. Recent form (11-9-11) is deeply concerning, suggesting age and hard miles have caught up.
Best career win rate in field (1 in 6)
What the colours mean
40+ Very strong chance
20–39 Strong chance
12–19 Solid chance
6–11 Could surprise
Under 6 Long shot
Scores in a race add up to 100.How scores workModel estimates, not guaranteed. Past performance is no guide.
What these words mean
- Underrated horse
- We think this horse has a better chance than the bookmakers' odds suggest.
- Our top pick
- The horse with the highest TrackLab Score in the race.
- TrackLab Score
- Our model's estimate of a horse's chance of winning, as a number out of 100. The scores in a race add up to 100.
- Ground
- How the going was on the day, from Firm (hard and dry) to Heavy (very wet and muddy). On all-weather tracks it's Standard, Fast or Slow.
- Race level (Class)
- From Class 1 (elite) down to Class 7 (lowest).
- Group, Grade and Listed
- The top races. Group 1 on the Flat and Grade 1 over jumps are the highest level, then 2 and 3. Listed races sit just below.
- Handicap
- The handicapper gives better horses more weight to carry, so in theory they'd all finish together.
- Maiden
- A race for horses that haven't won yet.
- Novice
- A race for horses that are new to this type of race.
- Chase, hurdle and bumper
- Chase: jumps over fences. Hurdle: jumps over low hurdles. Bumper: a flat race for young jump horses.
- Distance (m and f)
- m is a mile and f a furlong, about 200 metres; 8 furlongs make a mile.
- Each way
- A bet that pays out if your horse wins or finishes in the top 3 (how far down it pays varies by race). It is really two bets.
- Weight
- How much the horse carries, including the jockey. 9st 5lb means nine stone five pounds.
- Jockey claim
- An apprentice jockey can claim a weight discount, so the horse carries a little less.
- Headgear
- Blinkers, visor, cheekpieces, tongue tie, hood and eyeshield change what the horse sees or feels.