Listowel
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Acro Fire & Safety (Q.R.) Race
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TrackLab Insight
The race favourite and the editorial pick, Ndaawi wins roughly 1 in every 4 races across a 23-race career, and comes here on the back of a win at Cork 56 days ago. The jockey-trainer partnership with Gordon Elliott's yard has produced 61 wins from 318 races together, so there's a well-oiled team behind this horse. The one honest concern is that his best form has come on faster ground, and today's wet, muddy conditions are the opposite of ideal — but he's clearly the class act in this field.
Market favourite (2.38)
Trainer Quotes
Oct 2025
"He's a Galway Hurdle winner now and nobody could begrudge him that because he'd hit the crossbar in plenty of big races. It's going to be interesting to see how he fares when we step him up in grade. We'll pop him into a Graded hurdle somewhere next and see how he gets on. He'll jump a fence at some stage. 26-10-25"
TrackLab Insight
The most lightly raced horse in the field with just 3 career races, but what stands out is that he has never once finished out of the top two — winning one and placing in the other two. He arrives here rated 92, the highest official rating in the field by a clear margin, which suggests he's a cut above on paper. The big question is whether he can handle today's wet, muddy ground, and his odds have drifted sharply from what looked like a certainty earlier, which is worth noting.
Lightly raced (3 career races)
TrackLab Insight
The best career win rate in the field — winning 3 from 7 races, or roughly 3 in every 7 outings — and he arrives here fresh from a win at Punchestown just 32 days ago. He has already raced three times on wet ground, which is more soft-ground experience than several of his rivals, and his overall record shows a horse that keeps competing at a high level. At odds of 5.5, he looks a lively threat to the favourite and is arguably the second-most interesting horse in the race.
Best record on this ground (1 from 3)
Best career win rate in field (1 in 2)
Trainer Quotes
Apr 2026
"He has exceeded expectations over hurdles this season. He's been fantastic, winning twice and running a great race in the Fred Winter. He'll be one for around August time and he might go to Galway for a Flat race. He's a lovely horse and there could be plenty of races to be won with him. 27-04-26"
TrackLab Insight
A well-travelled nine-year-old returning from a seven-month break, which is always a concern, though his record in genuinely wet and muddy conditions is encouraging — winning 2 from 6 races in similar ground. The problem is today's distance: at 1m 6f, this is shorter than where he tends to excel, and his record suggests he performs best when the trip is longer. Wearing blinkers today, which can sometimes sharpen a horse's focus on a comeback.
One of the more successful in the field (3 career wins)
Trainer Quotes
Oct 2024
"He's been so consistent and fully deserves to pick up a maiden hurdle somewhere soon. I think he can, too. 28-10-24"
TrackLab Insight
This horse carries one remarkable standout: it is the only horse in this field with a win over today's 1m 6f distance. However, that distinction is almost entirely overshadowed by the fact it hasn't raced in over 1,000 days — nearly three years off the track — and its last three runs before that absence included a fall and a 10th place finish. Coming back after that long a break is a serious challenge for any horse, let alone one running against horses in far more recent form.
Only winner at this distance
Absent 1005 days (longest in field)
TrackLab Insight
Forty races. Zero wins. Talking Tough is by far the most experienced horse in a field that averages 17 career races per runner, yet the winning post has never been reached once. His last three runs were all deeply uncompetitive, beaten by huge margins, and he ran here at Listowel last year without success — in fact he has never won here in seven attempts at this course. The data offers very little encouragement.
Most experienced (40 runs, field avg 17)
TrackLab Insight
Eight races in and still waiting for a first win, Chain of Destiny finished a distant 9th just 19 days ago at Killarney. Today's wet, muddy conditions are an unknown — this horse has never raced on soft ground before — and with an official rating 20 points below the field average, the class gap here looks significant. Hard to make a case for this one on current evidence.
Never raced on soft ground
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