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Racing In The City Of Tribes Handicap

18:00 Galway Tue 08 Sep 2026 0m7f0y Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Loingseoir silks

Loingseoir

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 28%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Loingseoir (SR:70, 7/2) is the highest-rated runner in this modest field and carries a manageable 9-11, sitting 3lb below top-weight San Aer. The key signal is a 12% market move in (steaming from a price that already had respect), combined with Colin Keane booking — a 16% strike-rate jockey rarely rides 10-year-olds at Galway without intent. The recent form 744643 is consistent placing without a win, but the class here is low enough that a minor improvement lands it. Although GoingFit:- is a concern, San Aer's 27% drift and DistFit:- combination makes the market leader far less appealing than its price suggests. Each-way alternative: Merisi Diamond. Main danger: Merisi Diamond — Merisi Diamond (SR:74, 11/4) is actually the top SR in the field, only 8 days since last run suggesting peak freshness, carries a reduced mark (MarkMv:-1), and W J Lee's 14% career strike rate gives it a strong jockey edge — the SR advantage over Loingseoir is real even if the trainer's 2% strike rate is a drag on confidence.

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Full result

Winner: Bang Po (IRE) at SP 18/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Bang Po silks Bang Po Liam McAteer · Rory Mulligan(5) 20/1
  2. 2 Imperial Dream silks Imperial Dream Patrick J Flynn · Robyn Donaghue-Leahy(7) 28/1
  3. 3 Merisi Diamond silks Merisi Diamond Fox #2 Thomas Coyle · W J Lee 5/2
  4. 4 Mytimetoshine silks Mytimetoshine Donncha Duggan · Darragh O'Sullivan(7) 28/1
  5. 5 San Aer silks San Aer Fox #3 Ross O'Sullivan · Donagh O'Connor 3/1
  6. 6 Alex Belardo silks Alex Belardo John C McConnell · Adam Browne-Souza(7) 14/1
  7. 7 Racing Royalty silks Racing Royalty Fox #4 Gillian Scott · Nicola Burns(5) 13/2
  8. 8 Loingseoir silks Loingseoir Fox #1 M C Grassick · Colin Keane 11/4
  9. 9 Draiocht silks Draiocht T J O'Mara · Wayne Lordan 11/1
  10. 10 Banshof silks Banshof Matthew J Smith · Robbie Colgan 28/1
  11. 11 Romantic War silks Romantic War J G Murray · Wesley Joyce(3) 125/1
  12. — Rhythm King silks Rhythm King Mark Fahey · Reese Holohan(7) 10/3

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Loingseoir silks Loingseoir 7/2 8TH
  2. 2 Merisi Diamond silks Merisi Diamond 11/4 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 San Aer silks San Aer 11/4 5TH
  4. 4 Racing Royalty silks Racing Royalty 15/2 7TH