← Honest Record · Pick Winner · Mr Fox

Guinness Mares Handicap Hurdle

14:55 Galway Tue 06 Oct 2026 2m6f60y Good 7 runners

View the racecard →

Mr Fox’s call

Isdistheone silks

Isdistheone

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 30%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Isdistheone (SR:94, 5/2) shares the top SR in the field but carries the lightest weight at 10-0, giving her a meaningful pounds advantage over Fire Coral and Grace Faraday (both 10-13) despite identical ability ratings. The market has moved emphatically in her favour — shortening 28% since opening — which is the strongest market signal in this race and suggests connections are confident. Trainer Declan Queally runs at 18% strike rate (397 runners), a genuinely strong record, and jockey Kenneally at 10% reinforces the professional booking. The going and distance fitness flags are unknowns (both '?') rather than proven negatives, meaning there is no hard evidence against her at this trip or on good ground, and the headgear combination (ht) indicates connections are optimising her for today. Each-way alternative: Grace Faraday. Main danger: Grace Faraday — Grace Faraday (SR:92, 4/1) has a Course:W1P2 record at Galway and DistFit:+ at today's trip — the strongest course-and-distance profile in the field — and her last run was a win, making her the most consistent form reference despite the +8 mark rise.

Verify· #21816

Full result

Winner: Fire Coral (GB) at SP 5/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Fire Coral silks Fire Coral Fox #3 S Curling · Phillip Enright 9/2
  2. 2 Grace Faraday silks Grace Faraday Fox #2 A. McCann · James Smith(3) 4/1
  3. 3 Moonshine Girl silks Moonshine Girl Paul John Gilligan · Miss J Townend 11/2
  4. 4 Tir Og silks Tir Og E Seymour · Cian Quirke 8/1
  5. 5 Isdistheone silks Isdistheone Fox #1 Declan Queally · Michael Kenneally 9/4
  6. 6 She'll Be Kept silks She'll Be Kept Brian M McMahon · Mr E M Nugent(7) 14/1
  7. 7 Western Shores silks Western Shores Gordon Elliott · Danny Gilligan 13/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Isdistheone silks Isdistheone 5/2 5TH
  2. 2 Grace Faraday silks Grace Faraday 4/1 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Fire Coral silks Fire Coral 9/2 SP 5/1 🏆 WON