Burleigh Accountancy Handicap Hurdle

19:27 Ballinrobe Mon 10 Aug 2026 3m1f194y Good 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Killowen House

MEDIUM Advised 4/1 Est. 26%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Killowen House (SR:99, 4/1, 11-7) carries the highest SR in the field bar Dorans Law and Down Around, but crucially has a recent win in his form (Form:1-3734 — win two runs back at this trip-range class) and is trained by a yard with a low but functional strike rate at 4%. The market drift of 7% is a mild negative but at 4/1 this remains a competitive price for the highest-confidence form line in the field — that recent '1' is the only win shown by any runner. GoingFit:~ confirms he handles good ground adequately. Wgt:11-7 is not punitive, and at 6 years old he is younger and more progressive than the older horses clogging the top weights. Each-way alternative is Killowen House itself given the each-way terms, with Ladiam (SR:97, 9/2) as the danger — steaming 7% in the market, lowest weight at 10-2, and a handler-neutral mark (MarkMv:=) suggesting no penalty creep. Each-way alternative: Ladiam. Main danger: Ladiam — Ladiam (SR:97, 9/2, 10-2) is steaming 7% in the market, carries the lowest weight in the field, is running off an identical mark to last win (MarkMv:=), and GoingFit:~ confirms he handles today's ground — connections clearly fancy their chances.

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Full result

Winner: Down Around (IRE) at SP 7/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Down Around Gordon Elliott · Sam Ewing 6/1
2 Killowen House Fox #1 Paul John Gilligan · Jack Gilligan(5) 9/2
3 Run For The Border Fox #3 John Patrick Ryan · Daniel King 9/4
4 Ladiam Fox #2 Norman Lee · Alan O'Sullivan(5) 4/1
5 Dorans Law P J Rothwell · Mr R Sugrue(7) 15/2
6 My Trump Card John C McConnell · Alex Harvey 40/1
7 Strange Currency Brian M McMahon · Philip Byrnes 5/1
— Lord Ffrench S Curling · Phillip Enright -

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Killowen House 4/1 🥈 2ND
2 Ladiam 9/2 🏁 4TH
3 Run For The Border 7/2 🥉 3RD