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Racing Again 21st October Handicap (Div I)

16:48 Navan Wed 07 Oct 2026 1m2f30y Good 17 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Reponse Finale silks

Reponse Finale

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 26%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Reponse Finale carries the highest SR in the field at 64 — a clear 6-point gap over the next best (Connova at 57) — and posts consistent recent form of 412142, showing she competes at the top of the finish every time out. At 4/1 she is the market leader, and despite a 10% drift she retains far more market confidence than any other runner. The weight of 10-1 is manageable in this low-grade €6,000 handicap, and her age (4) with a trainer (Cromwell, 11%) who fires in winners regularly supports the case. The concerns are real — DistFit:- and GoingFit:- flag that today's 1m2f30y on good ground is not her optimum profile — but her SR superiority and consistent form figures suggest she is good enough to overcome those reservations at this level. Each-way alternative: Connova. Main danger: Connova — Connova (SR:57, 11/2) carries only 8-13, posts the most consistent form in the race (433423 — never out of the first four), and holds a confirmed DistFit:+ at today's trip, meaning the 1m2f30y is demonstrably her optimum distance — a direct counter to Reponse Finale's DistFit:- flag.

Full result

Winner: Kodi Brown (IRE) at SP 9/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Kodi Brown silks Kodi Brown A. Slattery · Andrew Slattery 12/1
  2. 2 Suerte silks Suerte Ms Sheila Lavery · Siobhan Rutledge 25/1
  3. 3 Reponse Finale silks Reponse Finale Fox #1 Gavin Cromwell · Robert Whearty 10/3
  4. 4 Casheldale Lass silks Casheldale Lass Fox #4 Andrew Kinirons · J M Sheridan 7/1
  5. 5 God Knows silks God Knows P Sweeney · Patrick McGettigan(5) 22/1
  6. 6 Capolinea silks Capolinea Patrick Magee · Adam Caffrey 18/1
  7. 7 Albatala silks Albatala John McConnell · Reese Holohan(5) 14/1
  8. 8 Connova silks Connova Fox #2 Ms Sheila Lavery · Robbie Colgan 11/2
  9. 9 Tullyesker silks Tullyesker Donal Kinsella · Nicola Burns(5) 80/1
  10. 10 Spanish Princess silks Spanish Princess John McConnell · Donagh O'Connor 16/1
  11. 11 Nephin Mountain silks Nephin Mountain Fox #3 Michael Mulvany · Wesley Joyce 11/1
  12. 12 Captain Ciano silks Captain Ciano T G McCourt · James Ryan 9/1
  13. 13 Lady Crossing silks Lady Crossing William J Fitzpatrick · Jack Cleary(5) 66/1
  14. 14 Matties Point silks Matties Point W. McCreery · Ben Coen 12/1
  15. 15 Sheamus Seimhiu silks Sheamus Seimhiu Chris Timmons · G. F. Carroll 13/2
  16. 16 Giordano silks Giordano Dermot Kilmartin · Rory Cleary 50/1
  17. — All Is Bright silks All Is Bright J S Bolger · Declan McDonogh 11/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Reponse Finale silks Reponse Finale 4/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Connova silks Connova 11/2 8TH
  3. 3 Nephin Mountain silks Nephin Mountain 17/2 11TH
  4. 4 Casheldale Lass silks Casheldale Lass 10/1 🏁 4TH