Roscommon
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Roscommon Handicap
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Good Value
TrackLab Insight
Prom Queen is the second-shortest price in the race and arrives on the back of a win at Gowran Park just 26 days ago — the only horse in this field to have won their most recent race. Before that, a second and a fourth in back-to-back runs at Gowran Park suggest this horse is in the form of its life right now. The risk is that its record on normal ground is poor (no wins from three tries), and today's conditions are different from what it has won on.
2nd in the market (5.5)
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
Deluca Chop is the market favourite and it's easy to see why: three consecutive top-three finishes, all at Dundalk, show a horse in the best form of its recent career — and it carries the lightest weight of any runner today, 20lbs less than the top weights. The concern is that all three of those near-misses came at Dundalk on an all-weather surface, and this horse has no wins at all on good ground in eight attempts, making normal turf conditions at Roscommon a different test entirely.
Carries lowest weight in field
3 straight top-3 finishes
Market favourite (5.0)
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
Edge of Darkness stands out on paper as the horse with the best record at both this distance and on this type of ground — three wins from seven races at a mile and a half, and three wins from ten on normal conditions. The problem is that recent form tells a different story: 10th, 12th, and 8th in its last three, all well beaten. A horse that looks better suited to today's conditions than almost anyone else in the field, but one that needs to recapture something it has clearly lost for now.
Best record on this ground (3 from 10)
Best record at this trip (3 from 7)
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
Fourteen races, zero wins, and not a single placed finish to show for any of it — Miss Australie has the worst overall record in the field by that measure. Recent form figures of 6th, 11th, and 14th suggest things aren't improving, and a draw in low stall 2, while theoretically decent, feels like the only thing working in its favour here.
Winless from 14 career races
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
One of the least experienced horses in the race with just six outings, Whosethebestboy has no wins and no placed finishes on its record. It hasn't raced in nine months, which is the second-longest absence in the field, and its last run was a 13th-place finish beaten 48 lengths at Tipperary. The combination of thin experience and a very long layoff makes this one extremely hard to recommend.
Relatively inexperienced (6 career races)
TrackLab Insight
Among the most experienced horses in the field with 36 races behind it, Grey Fable has won just twice and its last six finishes read 4th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 7th, 6th — a horse that keeps turning up without threatening to win. The data suggests it is better suited to faster ground than today's normal conditions, having failed to win on this surface in seven attempts. A high draw in stall 16 doesn't help either.
Among the more experienced (36 career races)
TrackLab Insight
The editorial verdict picks this one out, noting it has been keeping on well over shorter trips and is worth another shot at today's mile-and-a-half distance. That makes the step back up interesting, even though it hasn't won in eight career races and has never raced on normal ground before. A draw in stall 5 puts it in the most favourable part of the course, which is a small but genuine advantage in an 18-runner field.
Never raced on normal ground
TrackLab Insight
Fourteen races into its career and still without a win, Burlington House has the joint-highest rating in the field but a record that simply doesn't back it up. It returns from a three-month break with a new jockey who has never partnered it before, and that combination of rust and uncertainty is hard to ignore. Drawn in stall 17, it also sits in the part of the course that wins least often at this trip.
Winless from 14 career races
TrackLab Insight
Three placed finishes from 11 races give Cuckaloo Hill more to show for its efforts than most in this field, and a fourth-place run just ten days ago at Ballinrobe — beaten just over three lengths — is the most competitive recent effort of any horse near the bottom of the weights. Drawn in low stall 4, it sits in the part of the course that gives a reasonable chance. A horse that competes rather than simply makes up the numbers.
Winless from 11 career races
TrackLab Insight
Six races and not a single finish in the top three sums up If Dora Could's career so far, and the form sequence of 5th, 12th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 9th confirms this is a horse that hasn't found its best yet. Today is a first-time partnership between horse and jockey, which adds another unknown. Drawn on the inside in stall 1, but there's little in the form to suggest a turnaround is coming.
Relatively inexperienced (6 career races)
TrackLab Insight
Eighteen races without a win makes Mapa one of the most winless horses in this already competitive field, though two placed finishes at least show a flicker of ability. It returns from a three-and-a-half-month break, and its last run was a 10th-place finish well beaten at Dundalk. Hard to make a case for it here.
Winless from 18 career races
TrackLab Insight
Nine races, zero wins, zero places — and the standout marker flags two placed finishes in the last three races, but the actual data shows 9th, 11th, and 11th in those outings, so that marker appears misleading. The last three finishes were all double-digit, beaten by large margins, and this horse is sent off at 21/1 for good reason. Hard to find an angle here.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
TrackLab Insight
One win from 15 career races and a recent run of 8th, 8th, 11th in its last three doesn't suggest Idomything is about to turn the corner, and at 17/1 the market agrees. Its record on normal ground is poor — no wins from six attempts — which makes today's conditions another mark against it. The low draw in stall 3 is a plus, but there's not much else to work with here.
Outsider at 17.0
TrackLab Insight
At nine years old, Kartayaz is the oldest horse in the field, and its record tells you exactly where it likes to perform: four of its five career wins have come at Dundalk, and it has never won on good ground in 16 attempts. Today's normal turf conditions at Roscommon are precisely the type it has consistently struggled on, and an 11th-place finish last time out at Ballinrobe adds to the concern. Experience counts for something, but the conditions here work firmly against it.
Lowest rated, 11lbs below average
TrackLab Insight
Jack Major hasn't been seen on a racecourse for nearly ten months — the longest absence in the entire field — and its last three runs were a 9th, 11th, and 12th, beaten well on each occasion. Five career races with no wins and no placed finishes makes the return from such a long break an extremely tough ask. The tongue strap is new equipment, but there's little in the record to inspire confidence.
Absent 283 days (longest in field)
TrackLab Insight
Piatra Neamt has never raced on normal ground before, which makes today an unknown quantity, and its recent form of 14th, 15th, and 18th in three runs makes it one of the most out-of-form horses in the field. Eight races, zero wins, zero places — this is a horse that has yet to show it can compete at any level. At 34/1, the market has it right.
Never raced on normal ground
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