Super Citizen has finished in the first four in each of his last five starts, including a second three starts back and thirds two and four runs ago, and he's fresh enough after 18 days. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating makes him the one to beat, though he's yet to win in that spell.
Form last 64323-4
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
83SR95RPR98OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 83 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Defence Witness has finished second twice in his last five starts, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before, so he's a solid threat at 164 lb. The main risk is a 150-day absence, plus a sixth last time out and a stable out of form.
Form last 61272-6
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
69SR84RPR94OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 69 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 14/1.
Killybegs Jet Lady showed she can win with a victory four starts back, and a fourth last time out only 18 days ago keeps her fit, while she has run over today's trip and on the going. The main risk is the 164 lb she carries, which is a stiff burden after a modest recent sequence.
Form last 6-21P04
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
67SR85RPR94OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 67 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 16/1.
Winless in his last five and unseated last time, Burning It Up still warrants respect after a second three starts back, and he returns fresh after 27 days with experience of today's going. Our rating has him second of nine, but the risk is a patchy, error-prone profile carrying 160 lb.
Form last 6P827-U
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
51SR89RPR90OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 51 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
Runner-up last time and a winner two starts back, so the form is respectable, but he's turned out just two days later and our figures rank him last of nine. Carrying 151 lb off an official mark of 81 is a big ask, though he has run over this trip and on this going before.
Form last 6467312
★AI Rating★★★★☆
86SR71RPR81OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 10-11 gives a real edge in this handicap.
Luminaries arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out and two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is turned out just seven days later carrying 150 lb off an official mark of 80, and our figures rank him eighth of nine.
Form last 6077211
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
84SR72RPR80OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 84 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Fifth last time out and a fourth two starts back suggest Lights Are Green is finding some form, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last five and was pulled up twice in that spell. Carrying 150 lb off 80, he rates a mid-pack sort at sixth of nine in our ratings.
Form last 6P-3P45
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
67SR83RPR80OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 67 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
C'Mon So arrives in solid recent form, a fourth last time out and a third two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Yet he is winless in his last five and carries 145 lb off an official mark of 75, which limits the scope for improvement.
Form last 66-6434
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
82SR84RPR75OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 82 suggests ability but 6/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Croagh Patrick is hard to fancy, winless in his last six with a sixth last time out, a fifth two starts back and a pulled up four starts back, and he carries 142 lb. He has run over today's trip and going and is back after 18 days, but our figures rank him seventh of nine.
Form last 672P556
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
45SR73RPR71OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 45 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 50/1.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Stay Hopeful owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (48) and market confidence (97). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
8/13Cian CollinsSean Bowen
80%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
C'Mon So
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
4/1 · Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore✓ Value Signal
Burning It Up
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
25/1 · N. W. Alexander◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Stay Hopeful (SR:86, 1/1) is the top-rated horse in the field by a clear margin and carries a favourable 10-11 — a full 1lb lighter than top-weight Super Citizen (SR:83, 12-0) who carries 13lb more for a lower SR. The market has steamed in 9% to odds-on and Sean Bowen (24% strike rate, 2,431 career rides) is a booking that commands respect. The form figure of '467312' shows a recent win and the horse is running on just 2 days' rest, suggesting connections are confident in its wellbeing; GoingFit:~ on today's good ground is the only mild concern, but no definitive negative record against it. The MarkMv:+9 is a flag — it runs off a mark 9lb above its last win — but the weight-carried advantage over rivals and the superior SR justify the market confidence.
Each-way alternative: Luminaries.
Main danger: C'Mon So — C'Mon So (SR:82, 6/1) has steamed in 38% — the most significant market move in the race — carries a light 10-5, and is the Russell-Scudamore yard's number-one runner, suggesting the stable knows something, even if DistFit:- and GoingFit:- are genuine concerns at this trip and going.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
MarkMv:+9 means Stay Hopeful runs off a mark 9lb higher than when it last won — a significant jump that its weight-carrying advantage alone may not offset, especially against Luminaries (SR:84, form…
HG:v (visor) headgear flag with GoingFit:~ on today's good ground is a genuine unknown — no confirmed positive record on this going, and the visor could indicate a horse that needs specific condition…
Running on just 2 days' rest is extremely quick turnaround for a handicap chaser; fatigue or residual soreness from that last run could blunt performance, and trainer Cian Collins has only a 9% strik…
Luminaries (SR:84, 9/2) has won two of its last two races, is only 2lb behind Stay Hopeful on SR, carries 1lb less, and its market drift of 18% out is the only puzzling note — but its in-form profile…
ShortlistStay Hopeful, Luminaries, Super Citizen, C'Mon So