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Ballygunner Castle

7yo Gelding · 11-0 · OR 137

Listowel · Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) · 2m 7f 180y

#10

Rank

Odds

14/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#10

★★ Timeform

Commentary

Useful maiden chaser who ran up to his best on handicap debut when 10¼ lengths fourth of 22 to Funiculi Funicula at the Punchestown Festival. Disappointed in the Galway Plate last time, though, and needs to bounce back.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readAT LEVEL
OVER-MARKEDflattered by its mark
Move
Strength0%

What the class read says

Class levels are broadly matched — recent runs give an even picture at this grade. Its recent finishes fall short of what its mark implies — the rating may flatter it.

Class-adjusted form 7.2 /10 (raw 4.3)

Highest class: 1
Recent avg: C1.0
Today: 1
Class gap: 0.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBackC8 @ Fairyhouse 30/11/2024 · Pos 1st of 25 · OR - · 2m Yie 16630/11C8C8 @ Navan 18/01/2025 · Pos 4th of 5 · OR - · 2m Sft 1631 @ Clonmel 13/02/2025 · Pos 2nd of 3 · OR 129 · 3m24y Sft 154 · below its mark13/02/2025 · OR 129 par13/021OR 1291 @ Fairyhouse 06/04/2025 · Pos 3rd of 8 · OR 127 · 2m4f Yie 157 · below its mark06/04/2025 · OR 127 par1 @ Perth 23/04/2025 · Pos 10th of 14 · OR 134 · 2m7f207y GS 156 · below its mark23/04/2025 · OR 134 par23/041OR 134C0 @ Punchestown 11/12/2025 · Pos 2nd of 10 · OR - · 2m7f12y Hvy 166C0 @ Naas 08/03/2026 · Pos 2nd of 7 · OR - · 2m4f Sft 1668/03C?1 @ Punchestown 01/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 22 · OR 138 · 2m4f55y Yie 162 · below its mark01/05/2026 · OR 138 par1 @ Galway 29/07/2026 · Pos 18th of 22 · OR 138 · 2m6f111y Gd 151 · below its mark29/07/2026 · OR 138 par29/071OR 138projClass-projected finish: 10th of 21
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-07-29Galway118th18th0
2026-05-01Punchestown14th4th0
2026-03-08Naas?2nd2nd0
2025-12-31Punchestown?0
2025-12-11Punchestown?2nd2nd0
2025-04-23Perth110th10th0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today30/116/048/0329/07
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish11th of 2150% of fieldRange 8-21 · 68%
RUNS TO FORMmatches its price
Trend
Strength28%

Delivery trend +3.1% per run

What the projection says

Runs about to its market price — no systematic over- or under-performance. Projected 11th of 21. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
30/11/20241st3/184%100%+0.16
18/01/20254th2/189%25%-0.64
13/02/20252nd1/195%50%-0.45
06/04/20253rd9/276%71%-0.05
23/04/202510th17/255%31%-0.24
11/12/20252nd5/174%89%+0.15
08/03/20262nd5/696%83%-0.12
01/05/20264th8/158%86%+0.28
29/07/202618th10/147%19%-0.28