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Killarney

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Thorn Plant Hire Beginners Steeplechase
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Jumps race · solid fences About 3 miles Ideal conditions 8 runners £7800 prize
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TrackLab's Top Pick
26
Strong chance
Good Value at 41/20
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20+ Strong pick 12-19 Solid chance 6-11 In the mix Below 6 Outsider How scores work
D. Gilligan · C. Collins · 6yo · 11st 5lb · OR 124
Freshness Form
26
Good Value
Fresh (91 days off) Won 1 of last 5 Won here 1 time
TrackLab Insight
Affinity Rock is the market favourite at 3.25 and has the advantage of having won on this exact track (Killarney) when she got home in May 2025, just over three months ago—the most recent course winner in the field. She's also run twice at Killarney in her last three races, showing consistency at the venue, though that win at Killarney came on soft ground, not the normal conditions she'll face today.
Market favourite (3.25)
B. Hayes · W. P Mullins · 7yo · 11st 12lb · OR 122
Form Track
19
Won 0 of last 5 Won here 1 time Loves this ground (25% win rate)
TrackLab Insight
Where's My Jet has the best career win rate in the field at one in five, but his recent form is genuinely alarming—he's finished tenth, tenth, and fifteenth in his last three runs and has been beaten 26 and 36 lengths in his last two outings. Despite being the editorial selection at 4.0 odds, current form suggests he is badly out of sorts, and the rating advantage looks hollow.
Best career win rate in field (1 in 5)
D. O'Keeffe · H. De Bromhead · 5yo · 11st 12lb
Headgear Freshness
18
Wearing tongue strap Fresh (112 days off) Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Fort Dino has raced just once in his life, finishing eighth at Punchestown 112 days ago, and he's never encountered normal ground conditions before—this is uncharted territory. In the hands of Henry De Bromhead's stable, he has time to learn, but throwing a lightly raced five-year-old into a three-mile chase over unfamiliar ground is asking a lot.
Never raced on normal ground Lightly raced (1 career races)
K. Healy(7) · G. Elliott · 5yo · 11st 12lb
Headgear Form
18
Good Value
Wearing cheekpieces Won 1 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Lemmy Caution has clicked into form with three straight top-three finishes, most recently a second at Downpatrick 37 days ago, and he won his first race for Colin Bowe before Gordon Elliott brought him into his operation. He wins roughly one in seven races and is visibly in better shape than many in this field, making him a genuine danger at 6.4 odds.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Trainer Quotes
Oct 2025
"He looked the part when he won his four-year-old maiden point for Colin Bowe. He's been showing up well at home and will start off in a bumper soon. Hopefully he's nice. 26-10-25"
J. Williamson(3) · J. C McConnell · 8yo · 11st 12lb
Form
11
Won 1 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Ballystone wins roughly one in seven races and has proven consistency to stay in work at eight years old, but recent form is shaky—he's finished fourth or worse in his last four outings and hasn't won since Galway a year ago. The seven-pound gap in the ratings doesn't look like enough given that run of poor results, and his zero wins from six starts on left-handed tracks is a real concern at a track that demands steering.
One of the more successful in the field (2 career wins)
J. Halford(7) · G. Elliott · 6yo · 11st 12lb
Freshness Form
6.4
Fresh (508 days off) Won 0 of last 5 Loves this ground (25% win rate)
TrackLab Insight
Heroes Rise hasn't raced for 364 days and returns from a long lay-off with just one career win to his name, which is slim pickings at this level. The good news is he has a decent record on normal ground (1 win from 4 starts), but that year away raises serious questions about whether he still has the appetite to compete.
Absent 508 days (longest in field)
P. Enright · E. M O'Sullivan · 6yo · 11st 12lb
Form Track
4.9
Won 1 of last 5 Raced here before Loves this ground (33% win rate)
TrackLab Insight
Themanintheanorak boasts the best record on normal ground in the field (1 win from 3 starts, 33%), which is perfect for today's conditions, and he wins roughly one in every five or six races—respectable form. However, his last two outings have been dreadful (beaten 38 and 13 lengths), and he hasn't finished better than sixth in his most recent four races, so he's not trending the right way.
Best record on this ground (1 from 3)
M. Kenneally(5) · W. J Burke · 6yo · 11st 12lb
Headgear Freshness
0.7
Wearing cheekpieces Quick turnaround Won 0 of last 5 Raced here before
TrackLab Insight
Happy Me has run 17 times without winning and is being asked to bounce back after a hammering at Tramore just a week ago, beaten nearly 29 lengths. There is no realistic case for this horse at odds of 140 to 1—he simply doesn't win races.
Runs again after just 7 days
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