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James P. Cunningham Electrical Handicap

16:53 Galway Tue 08 Sep 2026 1m0f98y Good 16 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Nazario silks

Nazario

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/1 Est. 24%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Nazario (SR:72, 5/1) is the highest-rated horse in the field and carries a favourable 9-13, giving him a 6lb weight advantage over top-weight Felix Somary despite the superior SR. Crucially, GoingFit:+ confirms he handles today's good ground better than most rivals, and a 6% market move inward suggests quiet confidence from connections. Trainer J P Murtagh (11% strike rate, 700 runners) books Ben Coen (11%, 764 runners), a polished combination. The recent form 6-4474 is uninspiring on the face of it but the going-fit edge on a track where handling the ground matters separates him from most rivals here who show GoingFit:- or GoingFit:?. Each-way alternative: Dawn Flame. Main danger: Cladach — Cladach (SR:70, 9/4 favourite, Mkt:in10%) is from a powerful yard with a 15% strike rate, carries a light 9-6, and the market is clearly enthused — the only concern is GoingFit:- on today's good ground, but Joseph Patrick O'Brien's confidence at this price cannot be ignored.

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Full result

Winner: Aquilla Star (IRE) at SP 10/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Aquilla Star silks Aquilla Star John C McConnell · Siobhan Rutledge 18/1
  2. 2 Cladach silks Cladach Fox #2 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Declan McDonogh 5/2
  3. 3 Jp's Express silks Jp's Express Michael Mulvany · Wesley Joyce(3) 14/1
  4. 4 Suir Monad silks Suir Monad Andrew Slattery · Andrew Slattery 7/1
  5. 5 Sweetie Too silks Sweetie Too Brendan W Duke · Rory Cleary 40/1
  6. 6 Dawn Flame silks Dawn Flame Fox #4 Paul W Flynn · Reese Holohan(7) 12/1
  7. 7 Down The Glen silks Down The Glen Ross O'Sullivan · Shane Foley 13/2
  8. 8 Nazario silks Nazario Fox #1 J P Murtagh · Ben Coen 4/1
  9. 9 Purely silks Purely A P O'Brien · Wayne Lordan 12/1
  10. 10 Tharaka silks Tharaka Emmet Mullins · Colin Keane 20/1
  11. 11 Felix Somary silks Felix Somary John S O'Donoghue · Rory Mulligan(5) 17/2
  12. 12 Ella's Gold silks Ella's Gold Matthew J Smith · Robbie Colgan 16/1
  13. 13 Coolshine silks Coolshine K A Heffernan · Jack Cleary(5) 125/1
  14. 14 Shay's Dream silks Shay's Dream Joseph Patrick O'Brien · J M Sheridan 20/1
  15. — Dont Get Me Wrong silks Dont Get Me Wrong Gerard O'Leary · Chris Hayes 40/1
  16. — Cosmic Funk silks Cosmic Funk Fox #3 P J F Murphy · Ronan Whelan 6/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Nazario silks Nazario 5/1 8TH
  2. 2 Cladach silks Cladach 9/4 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Cosmic Funk silks Cosmic Funk 6/1
  4. 4 Dawn Flame silks Dawn Flame 14/1 6TH