Gary's Gardening Services Handicap Hurdle

14:10 Roscommon Mon 28 Sep 2026 1m7f135y Good 19 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Cool Summer

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/4 Est. 22%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Cool Summer (SR:97, 11/4) is the highest-rated horse in a field where most runners sit well below 80 SR, and crucially holds the only confirmed GoingFit:+ in the field, meaning good ground is demonstrably where this horse performs. The form string 6-6221 shows a progressive pattern with back-to-back placed efforts culminating in a win last time out — the rightmost digit confirming peak fitness. Course:W0P2 at Roscommon adds familiarity with this track. The MarkMv:+6 is a modest rise that a horse in form can absorb, and Phillip Enright (10%+ career strike rate in 1,457 rides) is a sound booking. The market drift of 19% is the one concern, but in a 19-runner field at a provincial prize level, early money is often unreliable and the horse's overall profile — SR, going confirmation, recent winning form — comfortably outweighs it. Each-way alternative: Another Blunder. Main danger: Colin's Friend — Colin's Friend carries the highest SR in the field at 88 for de Bromhead (16% strike rate, 2,323 runners) and at 9/4 the market — despite the drift — still prices this horse as near-favourite, suggesting residual confidence that a top yard's runner will fire on the day even with the going and distance question marks.

Verify· #20221

Full result

Winner: Inver Bay (IRE) at SP 50/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.