Market favourite at 3.0 despite never winning in four races — the market is backing recent improvement after he ran second at Wexford just 22 days ago, beaten less than a length. De Bromhead's yard is in great form with 110 winners this season, and this represents a clear chance to break the duck, but he'll need to find a gear he hasn't shown yet.
P. Smithers(5)
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J. P Dempsey
· 4yo
· 11st 2lb
· OR 107
Form
25
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Top-rated in the field by 13 lengths on official ratings (107) and joint-favourite at 3.95 with four places from eight races suggesting genuine promise breaking through. She ran second at Wexford 90 days ago and recent form shows she's competitive, so she's got both the rating and the evidence to suggest a win is coming — but her jockey-trainer pairing has zero wins together to build on.
Fancied in the market at 4.2 with three places from five races, and his most recent third at Ballinrobe came beating by just 1.5 lengths — he's knocking on the door for a breakthrough. Trained by W P Mullins, whose yard has a solid record with this jockey combo, World As One is genuinely close to getting a win on the board.
The only horse with genuine course form at Tramore — he ran third here 76 days ago beaten just 5.5 lengths, and he's placed in four of his six races overall, suggesting he's a consistent competitor. His blowout ninth at Wexford last time is a concern, but he's got the most experience of getting close to winning and knows this track.
Making his racecourse debut at age five is already a red flag — most horses race by three or four. Starting this late suggests he's either needed extra development time or has been held back for a specific reason, but with zero form to assess and a jockey-trainer combo with just 2 wins from 6 races together, this is pure speculation territory.
Second-highest rated in the field on official ratings (94) but recent runs tell a bleaker story — ninth and fifth in his last two at Wexford suggest he's struggling to translate that rating into actual performance. In seven races he's managed just one place finish, so the ratings advantage hasn't converted into results when it matters.
Five races, two places, zero wins — he keeps finding the placings frame but can't seal the deal, most recently finishing fourth at Kilbeggan just 21 days ago. The form pattern (4-3-8-3-PU) shows flashes of competitiveness but also inconsistency, and his jockey-trainer pairing is untested together on a blank slate.
Returning after nearly 20 months away from the track — by far the longest absence in the field — this horse last pulled up at Cork in 2022 and hasn't raced on normal ground in his career. At 81.0 odds and with a first-time jockey-trainer pairing, he faces a mountain to climb just getting back to fitness, let alone finding a win he's never managed in six races.
Never raced on normal groundAbsent 728 days (longest in field)
Only four years old and just two races in, so he's got time to develop, but finishes of ninth and seventh suggest he's not ready yet. At 67.0 odds and coming from a yard with limited firepower (two winners all season), he's effectively a learning horse rather than a live contender.
Wearing tongue strapFresh (80 days off)Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Only one race under his belt after pulling up at Ballinrobe 80 days ago — lightly raced horses at five years old are borderline curiosities, and with no completed form to speak of, this is a lottery ticket. Every runner started somewhere, but this one is genuinely early in his learning curve.
An eight-year-old mare returning after more than 16 months on the shelf following a single-race career that ended in sixth place — this is a long shot in the truest sense. At her age and with such a massive layoff, comebacks rarely work, and at 126.0 odds the market has already made its judgment.
Six-year-old mare back from an eight-month absence, having won nothing in three career races with a pattern of heavy defeats (12th, 6th, 8th). Her trainer's yard has struggled this season with just one winner, and at 151.0 odds she looks like a horse racing out of routine rather than form.
Six-year-old mare with just one race behind her — a ninth-place finish at Cork just 11 days ago over 52 lengths back — so there's almost no evidence to work with. At 126.0 odds she's barely fancied, and a six-year-old with a single failed outing is unlikely to suddenly find her feet now.
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.