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Naas Racecourse Handicap

17:15 Naas Sat 10 Oct 2026 0m7f0y Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Zenford silks

Zenford

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/3 Est. 26%

9TH

Mr Fox says

Zenford (SR:91, 10/3, Wgt:8-12) is the clear ability leader in this field by SR margin — 6 points clear of the next best — and carries a relatively light weight for that rating advantage. DistFit:+ confirms he has a proven record at this 7f trip, and a recent form line of -33214 shows consistent competitiveness before a fourth-place last time out; the 93-day break may have freshened him. Ben Coen (11%, 1875 runners) is a top booking and J.P. Murtagh operates at 11% strike rate — a yard that doesn't run horses to make up the numbers. The 8% drift is a mild concern but is not dramatic enough to override the weight of evidence from SR leadership, distance fit, and jockey quality. Each-way alternative: Storm Ready. Main danger: Storm Ready — Storm Ready (SR:85, 10/3, Wgt:9-1) shares favouritism, carries less weight than rivals at the same SR as Oro Blanco, has Shane Foley — the yard's senior jockey — as the clear Harrington stable number one, and a form line of just '1' means she arrives unexposed and potentially ahead of her current mark.

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Full result

Winner: Storm Ready (IRE) at SP 7/2J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Storm Ready silks Storm Ready Fox #2 Mrs J. Harrington · Shane Foley 9/2
  2. 2 Key Witness silks Key Witness Patrick J Flynn · Alan Persse(5) 10/1
  3. 3 Back Down Under silks Back Down Under Padraig Roche · Reese Holohan(5) 11/2
  4. 4 Spodo Komodo silks Spodo Komodo Fox #4 John James Feane · J M Sheridan 6/1
  5. 5 Flash Of Fire silks Flash Of Fire J. P. Murtagh · Rory Mulligan(5) 40/1
  6. 6 Oro Blanco silks Oro Blanco Fox #3 Mrs J. Harrington · Keithen Kennedy(5) 7/1
  7. 7 Fort Vega silks Fort Vega Ms Sheila Lavery · Robbie Colgan 12/1
  8. 8 City House silks City House Adrian McGuinness · James Ryan 12/1
  9. 9 Zenford silks Zenford Fox #1 J. P. Murtagh · Ben Coen 10/3
  10. 10 Goal Exceeded silks Goal Exceeded Adrian McGuinness · Adam Caffrey 10/1
  11. — San Aer silks San Aer Ross O'Sullivan · Julian Pietropaolo(7) 9/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Zenford silks Zenford 10/3 9TH
  2. 2 Storm Ready silks Storm Ready 10/3 SP 7/2J 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Oro Blanco silks Oro Blanco 6/1 6TH
  4. 4 Spodo Komodo silks Spodo Komodo 8/1 🏁 4TH