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Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports Irish EBF Vinnie Roe Stakes (Listed)

18:30 Leopardstown Thu 20 Aug 2026 1m6f0y Class 1 Good to Firm 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Abbotsford silks

Abbotsford

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 Est. 30%

7TH

Mr Fox says

Abbotsford (SR:102, 3/1) is the joint-highest rated runner in the field alongside Piazza San Marco, but crucially carries identical weight (9-7) to the Ballydoyle rival while boasting the strongest recent market support (Mkt:in8%) among the leading contenders. His form string of 8-21 reads right-to-left as: last run a win, penultimate a second, and an earlier blowout — a clear progressive arc. D K Weld's 12% stable strike rate is modest but Abbotsford's market move signals stable confidence. Piazza San Marco is the principal danger at the same SR and price, but 298 days off the track makes Abbotsford — fresher and sharpening — the call at this distance step into Listed company. Each-way alternative: Teologia. Main danger: Piazza San Marco — Piazza San Marco shares Abbotsford's SR:102 rating, carries the same 9-7, and has steamed in 11% in the market — suggesting Aidan O'Brien's yard is bullish about the return from a 298-day layoff, which could mean a freshness edge rather than a rustiness concern.

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Full result

Winner: Highwayman (FR) at SP 22/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Highwayman silks Highwayman Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Scott McCullagh 14/1
  2. 2 Cannes silks Cannes Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Declan McDonogh 3/1
  3. 3 Piazza San Marco silks Piazza San Marco Fox #2 A P O'Brien · Wayne Lordan 4/1
  4. 4 Wyman silks Wyman Mrs John Harrington · Shane Foley 11/2
  5. 5 Teologia silks Teologia Fox #3 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Ben Coen 17/2
  6. 6 Madbadanddangerous silks Madbadanddangerous Fox #4 Noel Meade · Gary Carroll 9/1
  7. 7 Abbotsford silks Abbotsford Fox #1 D K Weld · Chris Hayes 10/3
  8. 8 Keepsgettingbetter silks Keepsgettingbetter Donnacha Aidan O'Brien · Gavin Ryan 20/1
  9. 9 Trojan Fighter silks Trojan Fighter P Twomey · Donagh O'Connor 33/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Abbotsford silks Abbotsford 3/1 7TH
  2. 2 Piazza San Marco silks Piazza San Marco 4/1 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Teologia silks Teologia 11/1 5TH
  4. 4 Madbadanddangerous silks Madbadanddangerous 15/2 6TH