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Gannon City Recovery & Recycling Handicap

16:25 Bellewstown Wed 30 Sep 2026 5f3y Good 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Buddy Batt silks

Buddy Batt

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 Est. 30%

Mr Fox says

Buddy Batt (SR:73, 9/2) has steamed in 46% from opening — the most dramatic market move in the field by a wide margin — and that level of sustained money demands serious respect. The MarkMv:-8 means he's running off a mark 8lb lower than his last win, a clear handicapper's gift, and Course:W1P2 confirms he handles Bellewstown specifically. Carrying 9-8 he has a 6lb weight advantage over joint top-weights Bay Of Supremacy and Clonmacash (both 10-0) while possessing a comparable or superior SR. The combination of a generous mark drop, strong course record, and aggressive market support — running just 4 days fresh — is the strongest multi-signal case in the race. Each-way alternative: Nouvel Espoir. Main danger: Nouvel Espoir — Nouvel Espoir (SR:76, 7/2) holds the joint-highest SR in the field and carries 9-9 — 5lb lighter than the top-weights — with Colin Keane (16% strike rate, 2347 runners) providing a significant jockey upgrade, and a consistent recent form line of 144322 that screams a race-fit horse due a win; the only concern is MarkMv:+9 and a 20% market drift, which suggests connections may not be fully confident today.

Verify· #20667

Full result

Winner: Smoke Them Out (IRE) at SP 4/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Smoke Them Out silks Smoke Them Out T G McCourt · Sadhbh Tormey(7) 5/1
  2. 2 Nouvel Espoir silks Nouvel Espoir Fox #2 James M Barcoe · Colin Keane 3/1
  3. 3 Happy Henry silks Happy Henry W. McCreery · W. J. Lee 5/1
  4. 4 The Right One silks The Right One Jarlath P Fahey · Neve Bennett(7) 50/1
  5. 5 Bay Of Supremacy silks Bay Of Supremacy Fox #3 J. P. Murtagh · Ben Coen 4/1
  6. 6 Clonmacash silks Clonmacash Adrian McGuinness · Sam Coen(5) 11/2
  7. — Gotta Catch'em All silks Gotta Catch'em All H Rogers · Siobhan Rutledge 8/1
  8. — Buddy Batt silks Buddy Batt Fox #1 Tracey Collins · R. P. Whelan 9/2
  9. — Harry's Hill silks Harry's Hill Fox #4 Martin Hassett · Shay Wallace(7) 9/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Buddy Batt silks Buddy Batt 9/2
  2. 2 Nouvel Espoir silks Nouvel Espoir 7/2 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Bay Of Supremacy silks Bay Of Supremacy 11/2 5TH
  4. 4 Harry's Hill silks Harry's Hill 6/1