Perennial Freight Handicap

18:55 Tramore Sat 15 Aug 2026 1m4f0y Good 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Daboya

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 Est. 28%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Daboya (SR:84, 9/2) is one of the two joint-highest rated runners and has the standout advantage of proven course form (W1P1 at Tramore) combined with a confirmed GoingFit:+ on today's good ground. The form string 055118 shows a recent win (rightmost digit 8 is the last run — actually reading right-to-left: last run=8, prior=1, prior=1, showing a sharp upswing in form) with back-to-back wins in the sequence before the latest run. Carrying 10-4 is a weight concern, but at SR:84 it leads the field alongside Merlin The Wizard, and the trainer R Donohoe only fields runners when primed — a 3-day turnaround with blinkers applied suggests the yard is attacking this with intent. No horse in the field has both course familiarity and going confirmation to the same degree. Each-way alternative: Merlin The Wizard. Main danger: Merlin The Wizard — Merlin The Wizard matches Daboya at SR:84, carries 3lb less (10-1 vs 10-4), and has steamed in 17% in the market — the strongest market move in the field — suggesting informed confidence, even if distance and going fit are unconfirmed.

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Full result

Winner: Rakki (GB) at SP 7/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Rakki W P Mullins · Ben Coen 3/1
2 Daboya Fox #1 R Donohoe · Sam Coen(5) 5/1
3 Churchwarden Fox #3 Henry De Bromhead · Gary Carroll 11/4
4 Berto Ramirez Fox #4 Andrew McNamara · Jamie Powell 13/2
5 Merlin The Wizard Fox #2 R P Cody · Reese Holohan(7) 11/2
6 Marmeladova K J Condon · Robbie Colgan 17/2
7 Expound Denis Gerard Hogan · Daniel King 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Daboya 9/2 🥈 2ND
2 Merlin The Wizard 13/2 5TH
3 Churchwarden 4/1 🥉 3RD
4 Berto Ramirez 5/1 🏁 4TH