Roscommon
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Givehertilxmas sits in a low-draw slot (5) that historically favours winners at this track, but the horse's 11-race career without a win is a serious red flag—two placed finishes in 11 starts tells you she gets near the money but never quite gets the job done. She was third here 62 days ago, closer than most in recent form, but that's thin gruel for a horse still searching for breakthrough.
Market favourite (5.5)
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Phoenix Pairc won her only race at Dundalk last October but has managed just two placings from 12 starts since, and the recent form is falling apart—dropping from seventh to eleventh over her last six outings. She sits in a harsh high draw (17) at a track where high-draw positions win just 4% of races, compounding an already difficult task.
Mid-range in the market (14.5)
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La Campanella has run 9 times for zero wins and zero places—the starkest blank record in the field—and is running again just 6 days after finishing fourth at Bellewstown. Turning her out this quickly after a near-miss is desperate stuff; the data suggests she simply doesn't belong in races she can win.
Runs again after just 6 days
Good Value
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Cisterna broke through at Roscommon back in May and has the course-and-distance win, but three months of searching without a repeat victory tells the real story—she's a one-time winner still looking for consistency. An 8th-place finish at Galway 29 days ago and poor record on yielding or soft ground make her vulnerable despite good-ground credentials.
Has won over this course and distance
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Bullet Bourbon carries the lowest weight in the field (122lbs) and broke through at Dundalk 50 days ago—real momentum—but has since run sixth at the same track 16 days ago. She shows promise on standard ground and at this trip (7f-1m), but the recent setback and poor record on good ground are genuine concerns for today.
Carries lowest weight in field
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Brains has won over this track and distance—the only concrete course-winner marker in the field—and boasts a career win rate of roughly 1 in 7 races, best in the field by some margin. However, he's ten years old, has zero wins from 13 attempts on good ground (today's conditions), and recent form shows no fireworks: sixth at Leopardstown 11 days ago.
Has won over this course and distance
Best career win rate in field (1 in 7)
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Whatswrongnow has run 35 times without a single win but placed in 2 of his last 3 races, showing he remains competitive even if success never arrives. Second at Naas just 8 days ago is his best recent effort, but the name tells the story—a horse with eleven placings and nothing to show for 35 attempts will struggle to break the duck in this company.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
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Shamanka is winless from 11 career races and, crucially, is teaming up with Jack Cleary for the first time—no established partnership to lean on when things get tight. Fifth just 11 days ago at Leopardstown shows she stays competitive, but three places from 11 starts is a hard record to overcome in a field this deep.
Winless from 11 career races
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Glen Breeze is the freshest success story here: won at Limerick just four weeks ago and owns the best record on today's good ground (1 from 6, 17%). At three years old he has the youth on his side, but the recent trend shows a fifth and sixth since that breakthrough, suggesting the win might have been a flash rather than a new level.
Best record on this ground (1 from 6)
TrackLab Insight
Angel of Promise arrives with the standout marker that matters here: placed in 2 of her last 3 races, showing genuine progression despite a 0-from-7 career record. The editorial verdict backs her upward trajectory, and while she's level with Tamazu on the ratings, her recent form—fifth at Dundalk 50 days ago—reads better than a field full of winless four-year-olds.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
TrackLab Insight
James Henry sits top-rated by narrow margins but the recent form is a complete shambles: 15th at Cork 17 days ago, 10th before that, extending a run of heavy defeats. His three straight top-3 finishes came early in this form cycle and are now stale; he also has zero wins from 12 attempts on good ground—exactly what he faces today.
3 straight top-3 finishes
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Oitentinha is the least experienced horse in the field with just 6 career races and zero wins, a single place her only noteworthy result. A 9th at Limerick 73 days ago, a long gap without racing, and a blank sheet makes her the hardest horse to trust here despite carrying low weight.
Relatively inexperienced (6 career races)
TrackLab Insight
Tamazu is the longest absentee in the field—361 days since his last start—and returning from a 206-day break is a serious alarm bell for any horse, let alone one with just 1 win from 21 races stretching back to 2022. His sole advantage is a decent record on good ground (1 from 6), but that advantage is wiped out by the lay-off and poor recent form.
Absent 361 days (longest in field)
TrackLab Insight
Sunday Sovereign is a nine-year-old plodder with just 2 wins from 46 races—worse win rate than most here—and his last victory was over two years ago in October 2023. The standout marker (best record at this trip: 1 from 6) is real but thin, and his complete inability to win on good ground, standard ground, or either yielding variant makes today's normal ground a minefield.
Best record at this trip (1 from 6)
TrackLab Insight
Queen of Newark shows 3 straight top-3 finishes on her record but they're stale—the most recent third came 105 days ago at Roscommon and she's since managed an 11th. Eight races without a win despite the placed finishes is classic mid-tier form; a 62-day absence before her last run at Roscommon adds risk.
3 straight top-3 finishes
TrackLab Insight
Gordon Bennett is one of the more successful horses here with 3 wins from 38 races and a strong partnership with Gary Carroll (3 wins from 20 rides together), but recent form is uninspiring—7th at Naas just 8 days ago, stretched out after recent defeats. He cannot win on the ground conditions today (good) and has won nothing on standard either.
One of the more successful in the field (3 career wins)
TrackLab Insight
Draiocht is the lowest-rated horse in the field (9lbs below average) and ran again just 6 days after a third-place finish at Leopardstown—tight turning around that shows his trainer believes there's something to work with. One win from 18 races is modest, but he owns a strong record on soft ground (1 from 3, 33%), though today he faces good ground where he's 0 from 7.
Lowest rated, 9lbs below average
Runs again after just 6 days
TrackLab Insight
Distillate is the most experienced horse in the field by a distance—81 races versus a field average of 24—and boasts 6 wins, but she's a sprinter working out the trip and came back from a 154-day absence to run 14th just 6 days ago. Her record on today's good ground is non-existent (0 wins from multiple attempts), and the recent form screams ring rust after that long layoff.
Most experienced (81 runs, field avg 24)
Runs again after just 6 days
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