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Thorn Plant Hire Beginners Steeplechase

16:52 Listowel Thu 24 Sep 2026 2m6f0y Good 13 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Love Me Tender silks

Love Me Tender

MEDIUM Advised 6/4 SP 8/13F Est. 38%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Love Me Tender (SR:131, 6/4) is the highest-rated horse in the field by a clear margin over Largy Hill (SR:124) and I Will Be Baie (SR:121), and crucially carries the same weight as every rival at 11-12 — so the SR advantage translates directly without any weight offset. The Mullins yard is running four horses here, but this one is their #1 signal: it carries Harry Cobden (22% career strike rate, the most accomplished jockey in the race), has steamed in 38% in the market — the only horse in the field with meaningful market support — and at 5 years old it is the youngest and most likely to be progressive. The form string 3345-4 shows consistent placed efforts and this is its chase debut in a beginners' context where its hurdle ability (SR:131) should be class-superior. Mullins at 26% strike rate with a steamer ridden by Cobden is an extremely strong combination. Each-way alternative: Largy Hill. Main danger: I Will Be Baie — I Will Be Baie (SR:121, 10/3) has a form figure of '1' in its recent string and is the second Mullins runner with Paul Townend aboard (38% career strike rate), suggesting it is the yard's second string and capable of exploiting any jumping error from Love Me Tender on chase debut.

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Full result

Winner: Love Me Tender (FR) at SP 8/13F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Love Me Tender silks Love Me Tender Fox #1 W. P. Mullins · Harry Cobden 5/4
  2. 2 I Will Be Baie silks I Will Be Baie Fox #2 W. P. Mullins · Paul Townend 10/3
  3. 3 Will Do silks Will Do Gordon Elliott · Jack Kennedy 22/1
  4. 4 Rattledelatch silks Rattledelatch John Queally · I. J. Power 50/1
  5. 5 Largy Hill silks Largy Hill Fox #3 W. P. Mullins · J J Slevin 12/1
  6. 6 Jarrive De Mee silks Jarrive De Mee W. P. Mullins · Brian Hayes 10/1
  7. 7 Our Soldier silks Our Soldier Denis Gerard Hogan · Mr H C Swan 40/1
  8. 8 Tackletommywoowoo silks Tackletommywoowoo Paul Nolan · Sean Flanagan 10/1
  9. 9 Fort Dino silks Fort Dino Fox #4 Henry de Bromhead · Darragh O'Keeffe 4/1
  10. 10 Ellens Pride silks Ellens Pride S Curling · Phillip Enright 250/1
  11. 11 Barton Sky silks Barton Sky John Joseph Hanlon · Harry Sexton(7) 125/1
  12. — Chanceawetmorning silks Chanceawetmorning Gordon Elliott · Danny Gilligan 16/1
  13. — Three County Star silks Three County Star Brian Mortell · Calum Hogan(5) 250/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Love Me Tender silks Love Me Tender 6/4 SP 8/13F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 I Will Be Baie silks I Will Be Baie 10/3 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Largy Hill silks Largy Hill 8/1 5TH
  4. 4 Fort Dino silks Fort Dino 15/2 9TH