Jet, Peggy & Eamonn O'Carroll Memorial Handicap

17:16 Listowel Tue 22 Sep 2026 1m6f55y Good 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Bay of Stars

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 32%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Bay of Stars (SR:94, 4/1) is the class leader in this field by a clear margin — 9 SR points ahead of the next-best Lord Aus — and carries a manageable 9-12. The decisive signal is the Mkt:in27% move, the sharpest sustained market support in the field, suggesting informed confidence from the Weld/Keane combination (Keane strikes at 16% from 2321 career rides). GoingFit:+ confirms the horse handles today's Good ground, and a form line showing a recent win (the '1' in 6-1230, read right-to-left meaning last run was 0, but the win is present in the sequence) gives a recent class reference. Colin Keane's booking for a Weld 3-year-old in a €12,000 handicap at Listowel with this level of market support is a strong convergence of signals. Each-way alternative: Lord Aus. Main danger: Lord Aus — Lord Aus (SR:85, 11/2) has steamed in 23% in the market with Ben Coen booked, carries the lightest weight in the field at 9-0, and a MarkMv:+10 is offset by the significant weight advantage over Bay of Stars.

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Full result

Winner: Count Bezukhov (IRE) at SP 15/8F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Count Bezukhov Fox #3 Joseph Patrick O'Brien · J M Sheridan 11/4
2 Lord Aus Fox #2 J. P. Murtagh · Ben Coen 11/2
3 Bay of Stars Fox #1 D K Weld · Colin Keane 4/1
4 Huff'n'puff Henry de Bromhead · W. J. Lee 7/1
5 Possum Mrs J. Harrington · Shane Foley 16/1
6 Mergus Serrator Gavin Cromwell · G. F. Carroll 9/1
7 Sunrush Fox #4 A. Slattery · Andrew Slattery 11/2
8 Vantage Code Emmet Mullins · Jamie Powell 9/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Bay of Stars 4/1 🥉 3RD
2 Lord Aus 11/2 🥈 2ND
3 Count Bezukhov 3/1 SP 15/8F 🏆 WON
4 Sunrush 11/2 7TH