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Comeragh Veterinary Kilmackthomas Handicap Hurdle

19:55 Tramore Fri 14 Aug 2026 2m5f0y Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Mighty Berkshire silks

Mighty Berkshire

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 35%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Mighty Berkshire (SR:106, 5/2) is the highest-rated horse in a modest field and has steamed in 19% in the market — the most significant inward move of any runner — suggesting stable confidence is genuine. The amateur jockey Mr D L Queally rides for his father Declan Queally and posts a striking 39% strike rate from 36 career rides, indicating this is a tight connections operation that runs horses to win. GoingFit:+ confirms a proven record on good ground, the form string ends in '41' showing recent improvement, and despite carrying top-weight of 11-13, the SR advantage of 6 points over the next-best (Latopix SR:96) and 6 points over Tolka Row (SR:100) is meaningful at this level. The MarkMv:+7 is a concern — running off a mark 7lb higher than the last win — but the market has absorbed this and kept shortening, suggesting connections believe the horse is ahead of that revised mark. Each-way alternative: Latopix. Main danger: Tolka Row — Tolka Row (SR:100, 7/2) won last time out off a mark 6lb lower than today and carries GoingFit:+ confirmation, meaning a horse in form that has already shown it can win at this level represents the most credible threat, despite the 20% market drift which may reflect the penalty weight rather than any stable concern.

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Full result

Winner: Moonlight Paradise (IRE) at SP 12/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Moonlight Paradise silks Moonlight Paradise Paul Nolan · Eoin Staples(5) 16/1
  2. 2 Mighty Berkshire silks Mighty Berkshire Fox #1 Declan Queally · Mr D L Queally 9/4
  3. 3 Boston Beach silks Boston Beach Gordon Elliott · Danny Gilligan 12/1
  4. 4 Good World silks Good World Eoin Griffin · Michael Kenneally(5) 28/1
  5. 5 Tullyveery Lad silks Tullyveery Lad R P Cody · Donagh Meyler 12/1
  6. 6 Ray Gun silks Ray Gun J P Flavin · Daniel King 33/1
  7. 7 Ryan's Son silks Ryan's Son Fox #4 Liz Doyle · Eoghan Finegan(5) 7/1
  8. 8 Tolka Row silks Tolka Row Fox #3 David M O'Brien · Josh Williamson(3) 7/2
  9. — Jacko Star silks Jacko Star J P Dempsey · Keith Donoghue -
  10. — Latopix silks Latopix Fox #2 Henry De Bromhead · Darragh O'Keeffe 7/2
  11. — Hillstar Blues silks Hillstar Blues Sean Aherne · Anna McGuinness(7) 14/1
  12. — Diamond Secret silks Diamond Secret Philip Fenton · Niall Moore(5) -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Mighty Berkshire silks Mighty Berkshire 5/2 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Latopix silks Latopix 7/2
  3. 3 Tolka Row silks Tolka Row 7/2 8TH
  4. 4 Ryan's Son silks Ryan's Son 17/2 7TH