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Matchbook Betting Exchange (Q.R.) Handicap Steeplechase

17:07 Punchestown Wed 14 Oct 2026 2m5f69y Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Harbour Highway silks

Harbour Highway

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/4 Est. 28%

Mr Fox says

Harbour Highway (SR 97, 11/4) is the highest-rated runner in the field and the market has backed it in 14% since opening — the only steamer in the race. Trainer Emmet Mullins runs at 14% career strike rate, well above most rivals here, and jockey Mr Derek O'Connor is a strong amateur booking at 20%. The form string 25P63 is mixed but the P came on a bad day and the horse has run recently (18 days), suggesting the yard is happy with its condition. At joint-shortest price it carries 12-2 but still holds a SR edge over every rival; the market money and connections strength are the decisive tie-breakers. Each-way alternative: Western Model. Main danger: Western Model — Western Model (SR 99, 4/1) is actually the top SR in the field, proven on today's going (GoingFit:+), has course form (W1P2), runs off the same mark as his last win (MarkMv:=), and carries only 11-5 — a significant weight advantage over Harbour Highway — making him a live threat if the money is simply not there yet.

Verify· #23390

Full result

Winner: Giant Haystacks (IRE) at SP 7/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Giant Haystacks silks Giant Haystacks Ross O'Sullivan · Mr D McGill(7) 7/2
  2. 2 My Cullen silks My Cullen John Joseph Hanlon · Mr J L Gleeson 7/1
  3. 3 Aurea Fortuna silks Aurea Fortuna A. J. Martin · Mr Finian Maguire 6/4
  4. 4 Mags Nelson silks Mags Nelson Fox #3 Ross O'Sullivan · Mr L P Shanahan(7) 17/2
  5. 5 Fr Gilligansvoyge silks Fr Gilligansvoyge John G Carr · Ms Pandora Briselden(7) 18/1
  6. 6 Revolut Ned silks Revolut Ned William P Murphy · Mr A P Kennedy(7) 28/1
  7. — Secret She Keeps silks Secret She Keeps Timothy Doyle · Mr D Doyle(5) 33/1
  8. — Harbour Highway silks Harbour Highway Fox #1 Emmet Mullins · Mr Derek O'Connor 7/2
  9. — Western Model silks Western Model Fox #2 Andrew Kinirons · Mr S Cotter(7) 4/1
  10. — Subset silks Subset Peter Maher · Mr B M Coonan(7) 100/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Harbour Highway silks Harbour Highway 11/4
  2. 2 Western Model silks Western Model 4/1
  3. 3 Mags Nelson silks Mags Nelson 8/1 🏁 4TH