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1XBET.IE IRISH RACING PARTNERSHIP Optional Claiming Race

17:05 Gowran Park Fri 07 Aug 2026 0m7f0y Good to Firm 14 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Cladach silks

Cladach

MEDIUM Advised 17/2 Est. 28%

10TH

Mr Fox says

Cladach (SR 140) is the dominant ability standout in a field where the next best is SR 82 — a 58-point gap that is enormous in any context and is the primary driver of this selection. Trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien (16% strike rate, 1531 runners — the most powerful yard in the field by distance), with Dylan Browne McMonagle booked (15%, 983 runners), these are top-tier connections that do not take optional claimers lightly. The 8% market drift is the principal concern, but in a field this weak on SR, O'Brien connections at 17/2 can be forgiven a drift if the horse simply needs the run or is being put in at a low claiming price for a specific purpose — the class edge is too large to ignore. With only 2 runs in the form book (4-9 right-to-left, so a 9th last time), there is a fitness/form question, but the SR suggests raw ability that outstrips this company comprehensively. Each-way alternative: Profit Surge. Main danger: Rock Iguana — Rock Iguana (SR 82, 5/1) is the highest-rated runner after Cladach, carries proven distance fitness (DistFit:+) at a track where Denis Hogan's yard is sending their likely #1 of three runners, and at 5/1 the market is treating it as a genuine contender in what is otherwise a weak field.

Verify· #11198

Full result

Winner: Profit Surge (IRE) at SP 9/4F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Profit Surge silks Profit Surge Fox #3 Gerard Keane · Colin Keane 10/3
  2. 2 Mo Anam Chara silks Mo Anam Chara Fox #4 Mark Fahey · Ronan Whelan 6/1
  3. 3 Spent All Me Money silks Spent All Me Money Adrian Sexton · Conor Lamon(10) 50/1
  4. 4 Inishfallen silks Inishfallen Stephen Thorne · Jack Kearney(3) 5/2
  5. 5 Princess Chloe silks Princess Chloe Daniel James Murphy · Terry Casey(7) 11/2
  6. 6 Rock Iguana silks Rock Iguana Fox #2 Denis Gerard Hogan · Alan Casey(7) 13/2
  7. 7 Hexagonal silks Hexagonal Denis Gerard Hogan · Reese Holohan(7) 12/1
  8. 8 Spirit Of Eagles silks Spirit Of Eagles Thomas Dowling · W J Lee 25/1
  9. 9 Slight Of Foot silks Slight Of Foot R P Cody · Donagh O'Connor 33/1
  10. 10 Cladach silks Cladach Fox #1 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Dylan Browne McMonagle 11/1
  11. 11 Snowballs silks Snowballs W McCreery · Leigh Roche 100/1
  12. 12 Thurso silks Thurso Gerard O'Leary · Ben Coen 16/1
  13. — Green Kite silks Green Kite Kevin Thomas Coleman · Shane Foley -
  14. — Menwirr silks Menwirr Denis Gerard Hogan · Jared Huggan(10) -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Cladach silks Cladach 17/2 10TH
  2. 2 Rock Iguana silks Rock Iguana 5/1 6TH
  3. 3 Profit Surge silks Profit Surge 5/1 SP 9/4F 🏆 WON
  4. 4 Mo Anam Chara silks Mo Anam Chara 5/1 🥈 2ND