Cork — 30 August 2026

1m0f0y · Good To Yielding · 15 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Williamsburg (7/2)

Won by: Eighteenth Smiles (IRE) at 14/1 · then Roy Bean (IRE), Williamsburg (IRE)

What we said: Fifteen runners including three unraced types from powerful yards (Dang Thai Son for Aidan O'Brien, Togetherwearefree and stablemate Eighteenth Smiles for Joseph O'Brien, Golden Omen for Noel Meade) muddy the read, while the two form horses at the top of the market, Williamsburg and Mirren, are both stepping up in trip and have no recorded run on this softer going — too many live unknowns to back one with confidence.

1m0f0y · Good To Yielding · 16 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Oppenheimer (10/3)

Won by: Sunrise Angel (IRE) · then Cause I Like You (IRE), Sayonara (IRE), Beau Army (IRE)

What we said: Sixteen apprentices with no single standout: Oppenheimer (87-074, stepping up in trip) looks the formal pick on figures but Glamazon carries the field's top rating and course form, while Beau Army, Sayonara and Dawn Flame all arrive with live recent placings too — too many plausible winners at workable prices to lean on one with conviction in a race this size.

0m7f0y · Good To Yielding · 9 ran

Our bet: Bamako Beach (2/1)

Won by: Bamako Beach (IRE) at 11/8F · then Benevento (IRE), Felix Guido (IRE)

What we said: Two runs back this horse was placed in a hot event before winning impressively last time by a clear margin at this same 7f trip, and the improving trajectory (2-271) with a rating now up to 102 marks him out as a genuine leader in this smaller field. He's proven on this ground and trip combination and looks the one most likely to be doing his best work in the closing stages.

Class 1 · 0m7f0y · Good To Yielding · 14 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Dancing Saxon (9/2)

Won by: Magny Cours (IRE) at 9/1 · then Dancing Saxon (IRE), Spinning Around (IRE)

What we said: this Group 3 is packed with runners boasting genuine cases: Dancing Saxon returns quickly off a good recent run with strong course/distance form, Suzie Songs has won twice at this exact course and trip, Catalina Delcarpio heads the market but carries a fresh-off-74-days concern and has never raced on this softer ground, and Pivotal Attack arrives with the highest recorded PR in the field and a market steamed in behind a big drop in trip — too many live threats at close prices for one to stand out as the bet.

Class 1 · 0m5f0y · Good To Yielding · 10 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Rosie Frith (13/2)

Won by: Likedbymike (IRE) at 11/4F · then Erosandpsyche (IRE), Focaccia (IRE)

What we said: too many needs-explaining form lines chasing the same small prize: Kendall Roy is fading after his early-season peak, Brussels carries the biggest Racing Post Rating in the race but was beaten out of sight last twice, Likedbymike drops to a trip that doesn't suit a held-up sprinter, and Rosie Frith's course-and-distance win is the closest thing to a standout but not enough on its own to clear the bar at 13/2. With four fair-ish claims and no single case strong enough to back with conviction, this is one to watch rather than play.

0m6f0y · Good To Yielding · 17 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Noble Irish (3/1)

Won by: Feel Happy (IRE) at 4/1 · then Grande Cuvee (IRE), She's Too Kool (IRE)

What we said: A 17-runner maiden stuffed with unraced or lightly-raced types gives no reliable read: Noble Irish and Inform are unexposed newcomers from in-form yards, Otsana and Feel Happy have flashed one placed effort each, and Grande Cuvee was runner-up last time but none of them separate cleanly enough to back with real conviction at the price on offer. Too many plausible outcomes and too little hard evidence to build a case on any single runner.

1m4f0y · Good To Yielding · 21 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Beauvallon (9/4)

Won by: Lauderdale King (IRE) at 2/1F · then Justenzia (IRE), Louiescall (IRE), Arch Enemy (IRE)

What we said: Twenty-one runners in a wide-open handicap where only Beauvallon stands out on the number, and even his solid form of 6478- is stale, unproven at this trip on this ground, and comes off a 31-day break — not the kind of case worth taking short at 9/4 in a field this deep. Nothing else in this race — Preparations, Louiescall, Lauderdale King, Nancee Spain — separates itself enough from the pack to build a case on, and the sheer size of the field makes precision here mostly guesswork.