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16:20 Clonmel Thu 05 Nov 2026 2m0f157y Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Distraction silks

Distraction

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 22%

10TH

Mr Fox says

Distraction (SR 97, 4/1) is the second-highest rated horse in the field and has attracted meaningful market support — shortening 12% from its opening price — suggesting stable confidence in what is a wide-open bumper field. At SR 97 it sits just below market-drifter Red Seagull (SR 99) but the drift on Red Seagull (out 11%, 191 days off, trainer striking at only 5% from 22 runners) is a specific negative that the money has identified. Distraction's trainer David Kiely books Mr J L Gleeson on a 19% career strike rate from 358 rides — a solid amateur jockey stat in this point-to-point/bumper sphere — and the headgear (hood) suggests connections are applying a positive intervention. While DistFit:- and GoingFit:- are concerns, in a 12-runner bumper with this much uncertainty across the field, the market shortening and SR advantage over most rivals tips the balance. Each-way alternative: Greenbrier. Main danger: Greenbrier — Greenbrier (SR 95, 9/4) is trained by Gordon Elliott — 18% strike rate from 4,141 runners — and despite drifting 16% the sheer class of the yard means this lightly-raced four-year-old with only one run on its card could outperform its current market position if that debut form reads well in context.

Verify· #27225

Full result

Winner: Mhi Milani (IRE) at SP 14/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Mhi Milani silks Mhi Milani Patrick T Foley · Mr J Dunne(7) 10/1
  2. 2 Red Seagull silks Red Seagull Fox #3 N Stokes · Mr Finian Maguire 2/1
  3. 3 Ruthless Rebel silks Ruthless Rebel Mary Ellen Doyle · Mr B Dunleavy(7) 40/1
  4. 4 Greenbrier silks Greenbrier Fox #2 Gordon Elliott · Mr H C Swan 3/1
  5. 5 Hoof And Hustle silks Hoof And Hustle N Dooly · Miss Ella Herbison(7) 200/1
  6. 6 Order Of The King silks Order Of The King Aengus King · Mr E Mahon(7) 80/1
  7. 7 Sumoscalier silks Sumoscalier S Curling · Mr D Doyle(5) 5/1
  8. 8 Deadly Diva silks Deadly Diva Edward F Power · Mr A P Ryan(3) 40/1
  9. 9 River Cartwright silks River Cartwright Fox #4 John McConnell · Mr Finn Buckley(7) 9/1
  10. 10 Distraction silks Distraction Fox #1 David A Kiely · Mr J L Gleeson 3/1
  11. 11 Cash Chase silks Cash Chase Brendan Maurice Walsh · Mr D J Walsh(7) 250/1
  12. 12 Mister Moon silks Mister Moon Liz Doyle · Mr B Doyle Murphy(7) 200/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Distraction silks Distraction 4/1 10TH
  2. 2 Greenbrier silks Greenbrier 9/4 🏁 4TH
  3. 3 Red Seagull silks Red Seagull 2/1 🥈 2ND
  4. 4 River Cartwright silks River Cartwright 11/2 9TH