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1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div I)

17:22 Gowran Park Wed 12 Aug 2026 1m1f100y Good to Firm 20 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

She's Ideal silks

She's Ideal

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 SP 11/4 Est. 28%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

She's Ideal (SR:62, 4/1) is the clear class leader in this field — her SR of 62 is the highest alongside Connova's 65, but she carries 10-2 versus Connova's featherweight 8-8, a 14lb advantage in weight terms for Connova. However, the critical differentiator is the market: She's Ideal has steamed in 21% since opening, the strongest market move in the field, signalling significant money from informed connections. Connova's trainer Ms Sheila Lavery runs at just 1% strike rate from 105 runners — an extraordinarily poor record that undermines the SR advantage heavily — while Adrian McGuinness's 8% strike rate is more respectable in this context. She's Ideal's DistFit:- is a concern at 1m1f100y, but the strong market support and SR lead over the rest of the field (next best SR after Connova is 49) makes her the most defensible selection in a very weak 20-runner heat. Each-way alternative: Connova. Main danger: Connova — Connova's SR:65 is the highest in the field and the 14lb weight pull over She's Ideal is substantial — if Lavery's yard is firing for once, that ability edge could tell over this trip.

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Full result

Winner: She's Ideal (IRE) at SP 11/4. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 She's Ideal silks She's Ideal Fox #1 Adrian McGuinness · Sam Coen(5) 4/1
  2. 2 Perfect Judgement silks Perfect Judgement P J F Murphy · Ronan Whelan 11/1
  3. 3 Thompson Gunner silks Thompson Gunner Cian Hughes · Patrick McGettigan(5) 16/1
  4. 4 Connova silks Connova Fox #2 Ms Sheila Lavery · Chris Hayes 11/4
  5. 5 No More Hiding silks No More Hiding A Oliver · W J Lee 12/1
  6. 6 Cameclose silks Cameclose Jack W Davison · James Ryan 16/1
  7. 7 La Campanella silks La Campanella Fox #3 Gerard Keane · Colin Keane 6/1
  8. 8 Lohengrin silks Lohengrin E D Delany · Siobhan Rutledge 33/1
  9. 9 Georg Zhukov silks Georg Zhukov Fox #4 Eamonn O'Connell · Reserve 1 16/1
  10. 10 Keilah silks Keilah Mark Michael McNiff · Jack Cleary(5) 10/1
  11. 11 Gold Dublooms silks Gold Dublooms Eamonn O'Connell · Nathan Crosse 28/1
  12. 12 William F Browne silks William F Browne Paul W Flynn · Gary Carroll 12/1
  13. 13 Omissions silks Omissions Eoin Griffin · Dylan Browne McMonagle 18/1
  14. 14 Shelbourne Flyer silks Shelbourne Flyer Noel Meade · Sadhbh Tormey(7) 16/1
  15. 15 Pimlico Piranha silks Pimlico Piranha Brendan W Duke · Rory Cleary 33/1
  16. 16 Onyeisi silks Onyeisi Karl Thornton · Ben Coen 40/1
  17. — Giselles Defence silks Giselles Defence Sean Davis · Sean Davis -
  18. — Tullyesker silks Tullyesker Donal Kinsella · Luke McAteer -
  19. — Pettus Bridge silks Pettus Bridge Mrs Denise Foster · Reserve 2 -
  20. — Bang Po silks Bang Po Liam McAteer · Reserve 3 -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 She's Ideal silks She's Ideal 4/1 SP 11/4 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Connova silks Connova 5/2 🏁 4TH
  3. 3 La Campanella silks La Campanella 6/1 7TH
  4. 4 Georg Zhukov silks Georg Zhukov 16/1 9TH