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Racing Tv Free Trial For A Month Maiden Hurdle

13:00 Wexford Wed 04 Nov 2026 2m0f100y Good 17 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Palinca silks

Palinca

MEDIUM Advised 1/2 SP 1/3F Est. 37%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Palinca (SR:161, 1/2) is the standout on raw ability — the highest SR in the field by 5 points over Zara's Dream (SR:156) and 10 over Dooks (SR:151) — trained by Henry de Bromhead (16%, 2428 runners), a yard that does not send horses of this profile to a 17-runner Wexford maiden without serious intent. The form reads '1-' suggesting a flat win on record before switching codes, and the weight (10-6) is 7lb lighter than the second-best handicapped runners. Zara's Dream (SR:156, 6/4) is the closest challenger on SR but has only a single fifth-place finish to show and, critically, has been beaten into second-favourite by Palinca's shorter price — the market at 1/2 tells you the trade is not splitting hairs here. Dooks (SR:151, 3/1) is steaming (Mkt:in11%) but that Elliott runner carries 10-13 against Palinca's 10-6, a 7lb weight concession that more than offsets the 10-point SR gap in Palinca's favour. Each-way alternative: Dooks. Main danger: Zara's Dream — Zara's Dream (SR:156, 6/4) is trained by Willie Mullins (26% career strike rate, 2983 runners — the highest strike rate in the field) and has been backed in aggressively (Mkt:in20%), meaning the market respects her Mullins-polish enough to make her a live threat if Palinca has any hurdling inexperience on debut over obstacles.

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Full result

Winner: Palinca (FR) at SP 1/3F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Palinca silks Palinca Fox #1 Henry de Bromhead 1/2
  2. 2 Zara's Dream silks Zara's Dream Fox #2 W. P. Mullins · Danny Mullins 5/2
  3. 3 Timandi silks Timandi James M Barrett · Dylan O'Connor(7) 50/1
  4. 4 East Wall silks East Wall Paul Nolan · Sean O'Keeffe 12/1
  5. 5 Gregwell silks Gregwell P J Rothwell · Tiernan Power Roche 33/1
  6. 6 Mrs Wright silks Mrs Wright Paul Nolan · Sean Flanagan 18/1
  7. 7 Midnight Reign silks Midnight Reign Paul Nolan · Eoin Staples(5) 80/1
  8. 8 Trinity Belle silks Trinity Belle Ross O'Sullivan · Shane Markey(7) 40/1
  9. 9 Soleil D'aure silks Soleil D'aure Jack Doyle · Jordan Gainford 40/1
  10. 10 That's It Girl silks That's It Girl Gavin Cromwell · Conor Stone-Walsh 80/1
  11. 11 Melody D'Arc silks Melody D'Arc John McConnell · Alex Harvey 33/1
  12. 12 Vinted Vinnie silks Vinted Vinnie Kevin F O'Donnell · J. J. Slevin 33/1
  13. 13 Rossie Girl silks Rossie Girl Paul Nolan · Ross Berry(7) 33/1
  14. 14 A Poets Day Out silks A Poets Day Out Robert Tyner · Phillip Enright 33/1
  15. — Dooks silks Dooks Fox #3 Gordon Elliott · Josh Williamson(3) -
  16. — Huntin Boots silks Huntin Boots Gordon Elliott 11/4
  17. — Bombay Pat silks Bombay Pat Ross O'Sullivan 10/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Palinca silks Palinca 1/2 SP 1/3F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Zara's Dream silks Zara's Dream 6/4 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Dooks silks Dooks 3/1