Comer Group International Irish St. Leger Trial Stakes

16:35 Curragh Sat 22 Aug 2026 1m6f0y Good 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Carmers

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/8 Est. 38%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Carmers (SR:113, 11/8) is the class-leader in this modest 7-runner field and has steamed in 17% in the market — the most significant positive move here. Proven at this distance (DistFit:+) which is a key differentiator in a race where five of the seven runners have an unknown or moderate distance profile (DistFit:?/~). Trainer Pat Twomey fires at 23% and the tongue-tie/visor combination suggests connections know this horse and are setting it up for a peak performance. The recent form 25-516 is workmanlike but the market move is decisive — at a track where money talks, a 17% inward move on a course-distance fit runner with the top SR deserves respect. Each-way alternative: Kizlyar. Main danger: Kizlyar — Kizlyar (SR:104, 10/3) is the O'Brien yard's primary runner per the Stable:1 flag, ridden by the in-form Dylan Browne McMonagle, and has steamed in 16% — nearly matching Carmers — with a recent 011 form string suggesting a horse in sharply improving form.

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Full result

Winner: Queenstown (IRE) at SP 9/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Queenstown A P O'Brien · Wayne Lordan 13/2
2 Kizlyar Fox #2 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Dylan Browne McMonagle 10/3
3 Leinster Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Declan McDonogh 12/1
4 Layfayette Noel Meade · Adam Caffrey 16/1
5 Carmers Fox #1 P Twomey · W J Lee 6/5
6 Dallas Star Robson De Aguiar · Seamie Heffernan 33/1
— Asakir Fox #3 J P Murtagh · Ben Coen 6/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Carmers 11/8 5TH
2 Kizlyar 10/3 🥈 2ND
3 Asakir 10/1