Wearing tongue strapQuick turnaroundWon 0 of last 5
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The top-rated horse in the field by a clear 8lbs and the market favourite at 2.5, Manoir De Mirande has the best official rating here but still hasn't managed to win in seven attempts — placing five times but never getting over the line. Crucially, it runs again after just six days, which is a very quick turnaround, and the result from that recent Roscommon run isn't yet available to assess. Jack Kennedy and Gordon Elliott is one of the strongest jockey-trainer combinations in Ireland, winning roughly 1 in 5 races together.
Top rated by 8lbsRuns again after just 6 daysMarket favourite (2.5)
The most experienced horse in the field by a distance — 25 races to the field average of 10 — but that experience has produced just one win, and it has gone without a victory for nearly ten months. A second-place finish at Bellewstown eight days ago shows it is in decent form, and longer distances suit it better than most of its rivals, but its record across almost every ground type and track shape is worryingly bare.
Wearing cheekpiecesQuick turnaroundWon 0 of last 5
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Winless from 16 career races, but the recent form is actually among the more encouraging in this field — a 2nd, two 4ths, and a near-miss at Fairyhouse last month suggests a horse that is competing consistently without quite finding the extra gear needed to win. At 5.5 it is the second-shortest price in the race, which reflects that honest recent form, though 16 races without a win is a pattern that is hard to ignore. The addition of cheekpieces suggests the team is trying something new to find that missing edge.
The best win rate in the field — two wins from 11 races, or roughly 1 in 6 — makes Casheldale Lass stand out among a largely winless bunch. Both of those wins came on fast, dry ground, and recent form has been poor with a 12th and an 8th in the last two runs, so it arrives here needing a bounce back. At 15.0 it is an interesting outsider for a horse with a genuine track record of winning.
One win from 19 races tells you this horse has had to work hard for everything — and that sole victory came on standard ground at Dundalk, not conditions it will find here. Recent form is poor, finishing 9th and 13th in its last two runs, and the odds drifting out to 23.0 from an opening price suggests punters have seen enough. Hard to make a case for it in this company.
One of the more successful in the field (1 career wins)
Racing again after just two days, which is almost unheard of — and the last run at Cork ended in a 9th-place finish beaten over 51 lengths, so the turnaround raises more questions than answers. Four races, no wins, no placed finishes, and a form record that includes two non-completions paints a bleak picture. Even with Gordon Elliott's name on the card, it is very hard to find a reason to be positive.
Like Noble Rocco, The Chancie Grey has just one race to its name, but the result from that Clonmel run 37 days ago is listed as unknown — so even that single data point is incomplete. The jockey-trainer pair of Darragh O'Keeffe and John Joseph Hanlon have raced together nine times without a win, which is a modest record. There simply isn't enough information here to make a meaningful judgement.
A first-ever race appearance, so there is nothing in the record to analyse — Emmamia is a complete unknown to everyone outside the yard. The jockey-trainer partnership of Phillip Enright and Mark Michael McNiff wins roughly 1 in 17 races together, which is modest, and the 29.0 price reflects how little information there is to go on. One of four debut runners in this field, which makes the race unusually hard to read.
Six races in, no wins, and two of the last three finishing positions are unknown from incomplete data — not much to work with here. Bobby Kirova is a 51.0 shot for good reason, and a jockey-trainer pairing that has never worked together before adds another layer of uncertainty. One to watch rather than back.
Like Megaball, Sylvie Power has never raced before, so the form book offers nothing — this is a complete unknown. The breeding is interesting: by Kew Gardens, a horse built for stamina and staying trips, which suggests today's 2m 2f distance could suit in time. At 23.0 the market isn't confident, but debut runners from a stable that wins roughly 1 in 11 races together deserve at least some curiosity.
Just one race on the clock, a 7th-place finish beaten over 53 lengths at Ballinrobe — not an encouraging start. The Gordon Elliott connection gives it some credibility, as that yard wins at a remarkable rate in Irish racing, but one distant seventh is almost nothing to build a case from. At 19.0, the market is politely unconvinced.
Making its racecourse debut today, so there is absolutely no public form to judge — what happens in training stays in the yard. Debut runners can surprise, but at 29.0 the market isn't expecting fireworks, and a first-time jockey-trainer combination with limited shared experience adds to the unknown. A blank page.
How do odds work?The first number is what you win, the second is what you bet. So 5/2 means you win £5 for every £2. 4/1 means you win £4 for every £1. The bigger the first number, the less likely bookmakers think the horse will win — but the more you'd win if it does.