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Matchbook Betting Exchange Steeplechase (Grade 3)

16:30 Punchestown Wed 14 Oct 2026 2m7f39y Class 1 Good 4 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Gorgeous Tom silks

Gorgeous Tom

MEDIUM Advised 4/6 SP 4/6F Est. 52%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Gorgeous Tom (SR:149, 4/6) is the class leader in this small field and has proven course form (W1P1 at Punchestown) with confirmed going suitability (GoingFit:+). The MarkMv:+24 is a concern but in a Grade 3 chase of only four runners with equal weights, a higher mark is largely academic — what matters is outright ability, and at SR:149 he leads the field by 4 points over Croke Park (SR:145). The 8% market drift is the strongest concrete negative on his line, but with a 4/6 favourite in a four-runner race, that drift alone is insufficient cause to oppose him when Croke Park's runner line carries its own red flags. Gorgeous Tom's form reads 2450-3, the last run being a third which is a positive return to action, and GoingFit:+ confirms he handles today's conditions. Each-way alternative: Croke Park. Main danger: Croke Park — Gordon Elliott (18% strike rate) and Jack Kennedy (23% strike rate) is a high-quality combination, and ClassMv:= means no rise in class from last time, but the 187-day absence and a form string of 33300- mean Croke Park needs to bounce back sharply to beat Gorgeous Tom.

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Full result

Winner: Gorgeous Tom (IRE) at SP 4/6F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Gorgeous Tom silks Gorgeous Tom Fox #1 Henry de Bromhead · Darragh O'Keeffe 1/2
  2. 2 Croke Park silks Croke Park Fox #2 Gordon Elliott · Jack Kennedy 4/1
  3. 3 Apple's Of Bresil silks Apple's Of Bresil Fox #3 Barry Connell · Sean Flanagan 4/1
  4. — Smallcraftwarning silks Smallcraftwarning John Patrick Ryan · Daniel King 66/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Gorgeous Tom silks Gorgeous Tom 4/6 SP 4/6F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Croke Park silks Croke Park 11/4 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Apple's Of Bresil silks Apple's Of Bresil 4/1 🥉 3RD