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Audi Naas Nursery Handicap

14:28 Curragh Sat 29 Aug 2026 0m7f0y Good 6 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Luca Brillante silks

Luca Brillante

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 30%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Luca Brillante (SR 77, 5/2) is the shortest-priced runner despite not being the SR leader, and the market has shortened 5% — unusual in a field where most runners are drifting. D K Weld is a trainer who places horses precisely, and Chris Hayes (11% strike rate, 394 career rides) is the strongest jockey booking in the race. The form of 6-7-2 shows progressive improvement with a recent placed effort 11 days ago, and at 9-10 she is 7lb clear of top-weight Tradewinds. DistFit is unknown at 7f but the step up in trip from a shortish career is consistent with a maturing juvenile finding her trip, and GoingFit is likewise open — a neutral rather than a negative. Each-way alternative: Banks Of The Boyne. Main danger: Banks Of The Boyne — SR 86 is the best in the field and the recent win (Form ending in 1) at the same mark (MarkMv:=) means if the going proves not to be a genuine issue, Mulvany's horse has the raw ability to overpower Luca Brillante.

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Full result

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

  1. 1 Exchange Student silks Exchange Student J A Stack · Julian Pietropaolo(7) 11/1
  2. 2 Luca Brillante silks Luca Brillante Fox #1 D K Weld · Chris Hayes 5/2
  3. 3 Banks Of The Boyne silks Banks Of The Boyne Fox #2 Michael Mulvany · Wesley Joyce(3) 4/1
  4. 4 Elyatta silks Elyatta Noel Meade · Reese Holohan(7) 17/2
  5. 5 Margot Mae silks Margot Mae Fox #4 Mrs John Harrington · Shane Foley 3/1
  6. 6 Tradewinds silks Tradewinds Fox #3 Donnacha Aidan O'Brien · Paddy Harnett(3) 4/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Luca Brillante silks Luca Brillante 5/2 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Banks Of The Boyne silks Banks Of The Boyne 7/2 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Tradewinds silks Tradewinds 4/1 6TH
  4. 4 Margot Mae silks Margot Mae 3/1 5TH