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GMIB Handicap Hurdle

17:08 Killarney Thu 20 Aug 2026 2m1f0y Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Gino Bella silks

Gino Bella

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 28%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Gino Bella (SR:121, 4/1, Wgt:10-10) arrives on the back of a sharp 4P-311 form string — three runs culminating in back-to-back wins — and crucially carries the GoingFit:+ tag confirming proven ability on good ground. At 10-10 he is 1st-2lb lighter than Fiveonefive (11-12) and Autumn Twist (11-7), a meaningful weight edge at this trip. Trainer Patrick T Foley hits at 11% with a small yard (71 runners), suggesting this is a considered, confident entry, and the MarkMv:+8 is offset by the fact he is winning consistently at this ascending mark. The HG:ht (hood and tongue-tie) combination reinforces the trainer is managing this horse carefully and recent results validate it. Each-way alternative: Hi Ho Idaho. Main danger: Hi Ho Idaho — Hi Ho Idaho (SR:115, 9/2, Wgt:11-1) won last time out on a 3332-1 form string showing clear progression, Cian Collins will have deployed Jack Kennedy on Fiveonefive leaving Danny Gilligan here — but the lighter 11-1 burden, winning momentum and same-yard second-string dynamic could see Collins playing a two-pronged hand with Idaho as the live each-way at an attractive price.

Verify· #13319

Full result

Winner: Autumn Twist (IRE) at SP 7/2J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Autumn Twist silks Autumn Twist Denis Gerard Hogan · Daniel King 9/2
  2. 2 Moylussa silks Moylussa Maike Magnussen · Darragh O'Keeffe 13/2
  3. 3 Gino Bella silks Gino Bella Fox #1 Patrick T Foley · Alan O'Sullivan(5) 4/1
  4. 4 Lord Ffrench silks Lord Ffrench S Curling · Phillip Enright 11/1
  5. 5 Feud silks Feud Gerard O'Leary · Sean Flanagan 20/1
  6. 6 Eye Contact silks Eye Contact Fox #4 Donal Commins · Conor Stone-Walsh 8/1
  7. 7 Fast Felix silks Fast Felix Eoin Christopher McCarthy · Thomas O'Connor(7) 14/1
  8. 8 Hi Ho Idaho silks Hi Ho Idaho Fox #2 Cian Collins · Danny Gilligan 5/1
  9. 9 Fiveonefive silks Fiveonefive Fox #3 Cian Collins · Jack Kennedy 9/2
  10. 10 Black Bamboo silks Black Bamboo John Joseph Murphy · Donagh Meyler 25/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Gino Bella silks Gino Bella 4/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Hi Ho Idaho silks Hi Ho Idaho 9/2 8TH
  3. 3 Fiveonefive silks Fiveonefive 7/2 9TH
  4. 4 Eye Contact silks Eye Contact 10/1 6TH