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17:09 Ballinrobe Fri 11 Sep 2026 2m6f5y Good 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

She'll Be Kept silks

She'll Be Kept

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/3 Est. 28%

Mr Fox says

She'll Be Kept (SR 109, 10/3) is the highest-rated horse in the field and her form string 2-0611 shows back-to-back wins most recently, confirming current peak form. She carries 11-6 — lighter than top-weight Cobra Queen (11-12) by 6lb, which is a meaningful advantage at 2m6f on Good ground. DistFit:+ confirms she handles this trip well, and trainer Brian McMahon at 6% strike rate is modest, but the market drifting 9% is the main concern — that drift likely reflects the MarkMv:+11 (running off a mark 11lb higher than her last win), which is the single credible threat to her chance. However, no rival combines her SR, proven distance form, and recent winning momentum, making her the logical pick despite the market's reservations. Each-way alternative: Nothing Hectic. Main danger: Nothing Hectic — Nothing Hectic (SR 97, 6/1) has Course:W1P2 at Ballinrobe, DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ — the most complete course-distance-going profile in the field — and her last run was a win (form 1P-771 rightmost = 1), making her the most obvious threat despite carrying a 6lb penalty versus her last win mark.

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Full result

Winner: Cobra Queen (IRE) at SP 6/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Cobra Queen silks Cobra Queen Fox #3 Henry De Bromhead · Alan O'Sullivan(5) 7/1
  2. 2 Run For The Border silks Run For The Border John Patrick Ryan · Peter Smithers(5) 10/1
  3. 3 Walkingmayotomilan silks Walkingmayotomilan Ross O'Sullivan · Shane Markey(7) 8/1
  4. 4 Nothing Hectic silks Nothing Hectic Fox #2 Miss Hilary McLoughlin · Ricky Doyle 7/1
  5. 5 Bossy Bird silks Bossy Bird Thomas Gibney · Harry Sexton(7) 12/1
  6. 6 Theflyingbee silks Theflyingbee F G Hand · Eoghan Finegan(5) 4/1
  7. 7 You Make Me Smile silks You Make Me Smile Fox #4 P A Fahy · Sean Cleary-Farrell(7) 9/1
  8. — She'll Be Kept silks She'll Be Kept Fox #1 Brian M McMahon · Mr E M Nugent(7) 9/2
  9. — Camlin Park silks Camlin Park John C McConnell · Calum Hogan(5) 17/2
  10. — Sound Judgement silks Sound Judgement Gordon Elliott · Kevin Sexton 9/1
  11. — St Anthonys Corner silks St Anthonys Corner Norman Lee · Shane O'Callaghan(3) 25/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 She'll Be Kept silks She'll Be Kept 10/3
  2. 2 Nothing Hectic silks Nothing Hectic 6/1 🏁 4TH
  3. 3 Cobra Queen silks Cobra Queen 7/1 SP 6/1 🏆 WON
  4. 4 You Make Me Smile silks You Make Me Smile 8/1 7TH