17:30 Galway tips
Maiden7fsoft12 runners
What we lean towardspreferred
Cloughleagh Bridge is our pick, though Churchill Bond is not far behind. It edges it on the size of its price drops.
Maiden over 7f on soft going. Cloughleagh Bridge heads our ratings. We rate 5 of the 12 declared; the other 7 lack enough recent form for us to judge.
How we rate the field
1
Cloughleagh Bridge
Gavin Ryan / P J F Murphy
41/1
- Its price has been shortening harder each run across its last 3, averaging a 58% drop.
20/1 to 50/1: 2.0% win, -43% return over 1,150 tracked. Our weakest band.
2
Churchill Bond
W J Lee / P Twomey
7/2
- Averages 2% price drift, though on limited recent form.
2/1 to 5/1: 21.0% win, 40.2% frame (739 tracked)
3
Katiraya
Chris Hayes / D K Weld
7/1
- Averages a 5% price drop, though on limited recent form.
5/1 to 8/1: 12.7% win, 29.5% frame (684 tracked)
Not rated: Armarones Girl, Autumn Gray, Estado De La Luna, Evies Delight, Green Nature, Mary Doll, Peitseoga — too little recent form to judge.