Tally-Ho Stud Irish EBF Ballyogan Stakes (Group 3)

16:00 Naas Sun 23 Aug 2026 0m5f205y Class 1 Good 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Soul Love

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 32%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Soul Love (SR 118, 5/2) carries the joint-lowest weight at 9-4 and posts the highest SR in the field — a meaningful double advantage. The form string -19131 shows a horse that has won three of its last four completed starts and is arriving at the same mark as its last win (MarkMv:=), meaning the handicapper has not punished recent success. Critically, the market has shortened 18% since opening, which is significant speculative money in an eight-runner Group 3 field, and both DistFit and GoingFit are confirmed positives on today's 5f205y trip and good ground. K.R. Burke's 19% career strike rate with Pierre-Louis Jamin (14%) is a sharp yard-jockey combination handling the cross-channel assignment with evident intent. Each-way alternative: Dancing Saxon. Main danger: Havana Anna — Havana Anna (SR 113, 5/2) is proven at today's trip and on today's going (DistFit:+, GoingFit:+) and though the 17% drift is a concern, it is only 3lb off Soul Love on SR and shares the same light weight of 9-4, making it fully capable of reversing the market's current preference on the day.

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Full result

Winner: Chantez (IRE) at SP 28/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Chantez G M Lyons · Gary Carroll 40/1
2 Soul Love Fox #1 K. R. Burke · Pierre-Louis Jamin 7/4
3 Dancing Saxon Fox #3 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Declan McDonogh 15/2
4 Havana Anna Fox #2 Donnacha Aidan O'Brien · Gavin Ryan 5/2
5 First Instinct Fox #4 William Haggas · Cieren Fallon 2/1
6 Focaccia J A Stack · Seamie Heffernan 150/1
7 Temperance Miss Kate McGivern · Chris Hayes 66/1
8 Treasure Rose J P Murtagh · Ben Coen 80/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Soul Love 5/2 🥈 2ND
2 Havana Anna 5/2 🏁 4TH
3 Dancing Saxon 15/2 🥉 3RD
4 First Instinct 7/4 5TH