Cuban Grey has run over today's trip and going and is back quickly after five days, while a third five starts back is his best recent finish; our rating of 77 tops this field of 17. The risk is back-to-back eighths and no win in his last six, with 145 lb to carry from stall nine.
Form last 6435088
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
64SR77RPR75OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 64 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 6/1.
Apothic Red bounced back from a seventh and a fifth to win two starts back, but he was unplaced last time out, and he returns quickly after just 11 days. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 73 sits above his official 69, though 139 lb and draw 10 give him plenty to do.
Form last 6657210
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
61SR73RPR69OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 61 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 14/1.
Harry's Hill showed he can win with a victory three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 77 ranks him second of 17 and sits well above his official 69. The risk is a ninth last time out and a quick return after only five days.
Form last 6062109
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
68SR77RPR69OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 68 suggests ability but 17/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Buddy Batt has run over today's trip and on the going, and a fourth two starts back is his best finish in the last five, with fitness fine after 19 days off. He's our selection on overall profile, rated 76 against an official 68, though last time's unplaced run is the one blemish.
Form last 6156040
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
59SR76RPR68OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 59 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 12/1.
Fifth last time out and a fourth the start before, Mary Shoelaces has a winner three starts back to her name and has run over today's trip and going, but a 49-day break and 138 lb from stall 1 temper the case; our rating of 73 ranks her seventh of 17.
Form last 6067145
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
64SR73RPR68OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 64 suggests ability but 8/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Thurso arrives a leading danger, a winner four starts back and a fourth three starts back, with experience of both today's trip and going, and our rating of 74 ranks him fourth of 17. The risk is a 69-day absence and two unplaced runs since, off 138 lb from stall 16.
Form last 6881400
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
41SR74RPR68OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 41 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 25/1.
Placed third last time out, and a third two starts back, Happy Henry is fresh enough after 15 days and has run over today's trip and going, but he's won once in his last six and the yard is in poor form at 1/20. Our rating of 66 puts him ninth of 17, drawn four and carrying 137 lb.
Form last 6315933
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
64SR66RPR67OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 64 suggests ability but 5/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Fan Club is winless in his last four, finishing a fourth last time out after a sixth, a seventh and a fifth, so there's little to chase here. The trainer's 1/20 over the last 14 days doesn't help, and our rating of 57 ranks him 15th of 17, though he's only 15 days since his last run and so should be fit.
Form last 6/57-64
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
31SR57RPR63OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 31 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 25/1.
Aughlish has slipped from a second and a third five and six starts back to a pair of sevenths and an unplaced run last time, though she is fresh enough after 20 days and has run over today's trip. Winless in her last six, she carries 132 lb from stall six, and our rating of 64 only backs a midfield chance.
Form last 6325770
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
35SR64RPR62OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 35 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 40/1.
Beaten in second last time out and a third three starts back, he is quick back after eight days and has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last six starts. Our rating of 73 sits well above his official 60, though a sixth-placed ranking in a field of 17 suggests he is no standout, and he carries 130 lb from draw 11.
Form last 6940302
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
65SR73RPR60OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 65 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Fourth last time out just 15 days ago keeps her ticking over, and she's a winner four starts back, but she's unplaced in two of the three runs between and has only run over today's trip rather than excelled at it. Carrying 130 lb from draw 8, she looks a midfield type, with our rating of 64 ranking her 11th of 17.
Form last 60-1004
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
40SR64RPR60OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 40 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
One Cool Bear was only seventh last time out and has finished eighth in two of his other recent runs, so he is hard to fancy, though he did win two starts back and is back quickly after eight days. He has run over today's trip and going, but our figures rank him 13th of 17.
Form last 6008817
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
54SR59RPR58OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 54 suggests ability but 12/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Prince Andorra is hard to fancy, winless in his last six and unplaced last time out, with a best finish of fifth in that spell. He has run over today's trip and is back quickly after six days, but our rating ranks him 17th of 17.
Form last 6560050
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
30SR53RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 30 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 50/1.
Jordan Breeze has run over today's trip and going, and a win five starts back is the high point, but he's slipped from a sixth three starts back to a seventh, then an eighth last time out. Fresh enough after 16 days, he sits eighth of 17 on our rating, so he looks a midfield type from stall 15.
Form last 6210678
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
57SR68RPR55OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 57 suggests ability but 15/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Steel Magnolia was fourth last time out, and she was a third two starts back, but she has won only once in her last six starts and sits 14th of 17 on our rating of 59, with her yard also out of form at 1/20. In her favour, she has run over today's trip and going and is fresh enough after 14 days.
Form last 6472134
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
67SR59RPR55OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 67 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Mymomentintime has been unplaced in his last three starts, with a third four starts back his best recent effort, and he returns after 452 days off. He has run over today's trip and is rated 62 by us against an official 50, but fitness is a big question from stall 17.
Form last 6300/0-
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
35SR62RPR50OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 35 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 66/1.
Gold Inn is hard to fancy, having finished eighth last time out and unplaced in two runs before that, and she is yet to win in her last five starts. She has run over today's trip and is back after 14 days, but our figures rank her 16th of 17.
Form last 66-8008
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
26SR53RPR47OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 26 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 125/1.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Jordan Breeze owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (32) and market confidence (75). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
11/2Patrick J FlynnRobyn Donaghue-Leahy(2)
64%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Harry's Hill
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
9/1 · Martin Hassett✓ Value Signal
Thurso
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
28/1 · G. O'Leary◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Cuban Grey (SR:64, 6/1, 10-5) is the standout market mover in this field — a 21% steam with no obvious trigger other than stable confidence is a serious signal in an apprentice handicap where public information is limited. Course:W2P2 at the Curragh is excellent, and a DistFit:~ with GoingFit:~ on today's good ground means no ground or trip concerns. The SR of 64 ties for second-best in the field and the weight of 10-5 is workable at 5f where raw ability matters more than in a stamina test; the MarkMv:= means he's not being asked to improve on his last winning mark. The 5-day turnaround and modest trainer strike rate (5%) are negatives, but the money arriving at 21% in an open 17-runner sprint is a specific, demonstrable reason to get on.
Each-way alternative: Harry's Hill.
Main danger: Coincidental Glory — Coincidental Glory (SR:65, 5/1) carries the lowest weight in the shortlist at 9-4 — a 15lb pull on Cuban Grey — and a MarkMv:-12 means he's competing off a mark 12lb below his last win, which is a huge theoretical edge even accounting for the DistFit:- and a 16% market drift that may simply reflect the stablemate (One Cool Bear) drawing some action.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Form string 435088 shows a '0' and an '8' in the last two runs — no win in at least 6 outings and last two efforts are poor, making the 5-day turnaround look like a quick recycle rather than a confid…
Trainer Patrick J McKenna has a 5% strike rate from 147 runners — statistically among the weakest in this field; stable confidence narrative is undermined by a handler who rarely converts market move…
Happy Henry (5/1, SR:64, MarkMv:+9) and Steel Magnolia (9/2, SR:67, MarkMv:+10) both carry higher or equal speed ratings and are being asked to improve on better recent marks — Cuban Grey at MarkMv:=…
In a 17-runner apprentice sprint, Cuban Grey's 21% steam is matched or beaten by Buddy Batt (+26%) and Apothic Red (+26%), diluting the uniqueness of the market move as a singular confidence signal.
ShortlistCuban Grey, Coincidental Glory, Steel Magnolia, Harry's Hill