Who won the 17:25 Leopardstown on 9 July 2026?
Watch Tower (IRE) won the 17:25 Leopardstown at SP 5.00. Ridden by Colin Keane. Trained by G M Lyons.
17:25 Leopardstown
IrelandBOYLE Sports 'Pick Your Place' Handicap
7f · Flat · Good · 10 runners · €14,725 · Thursday, 9 July 2026
Result
AI top pick finished 4thRace report
- 1stWatch Tower (IRE)Colin Keane·G M Lyons4/1·5.00SP
- 2ndInvincible Will (IRE)Jack Kearney·Gavin Cromwell·beaten 1.25 lengths18/1·19.00SP
- 3rdChapel Lane (IRE)Wayne Lordan·W McCreery·beaten 0.3 lengths16/1·17.00SP
Race time
1m 29.04s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Watch Tower (IRE))
“Raced handy in 2nd - driven and made rapid progress to hit the front 1 1/2f out - battled on strongly in the final furlong though the margin was cut near the line”
AI top-rated Zenford (score 57.3) finished 4th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 1.50 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →
Furlong's verdict
Reading the form…
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Other selections
Head-to-head dashboard →Each-way57.0/100 rating
Venetian Star
6.50Bet365
Place portion settles at 2.10 · 1/5 odds · 3 places
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Pundit corner
Racing Post · third-partyPundit pick: Invincible Will
Invincible Will is our selection for this seven-furlong contest at Leopardstown, sitting clear at the top of our figures on 90. Time Bender (86), Watch Tower (84) and Zenford (81) make up the chief dangers and are all within a few pounds of him, keeping this competitive in a field of ten. Confidence in the selection is medium given how tightly the leading group is bunched together, but Invincible Will still holds a clear advantage on our figures and is the one to beat.
Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.
Why the model rates this top
Zenford
Ben Coen · J P Murtagh · 3yo
Top-rated of 10
score 57.3 · +0.3 clear of next best (57.0)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight100very strong20d since last run (race-fit window)
- Form20% weight78strongLast 6: 3-3-3-2-1
- Ratings50% weight55averageOR 83 — above field median
- Trainer20% weight20weakJ P Murtagh: 2/25 winners last 14d (8%)
MarketBest price 3.35 (Betfair Exchange) · market favourite.
v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.
Draw bias — Leopardstown 7f
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.16).
Low (1–4)
IV 1.16
Mid (5–7)
IV 0.88
High (8–10)
IV 0.94
Today: Zenford (draw 1) and Venetian Star (draw 3) get the bias; Watch Tower (draw 5) is in the least-favoured band.
IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 180 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | J: Colin Keane · T: G M Lyons · draw 5 3yo · C · ch | 45224 | 73 | 55.0 | 4/1·5.00 SP |
| 2 | 1 | J: Jack Kearney(3) · T: Gavin Cromwell · draw 4 3yo · G · bht | 02818 | 87 | 46.5 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
| 3 | 10 | J: Wayne Lordan · T: W McCreery · draw 7 3yo · G · chv | 37367 | 71 | 36.3 | 16/1·17.00 SP |
| 4 | 3 | J: Ben Coen · T: J P Murtagh · draw 1 3yo · G · bh | 33321 | 83 | 57.3 | 6/4F·2.50 SP |
| 5 | 2 | J: Adam Caffrey · T: William Durkan · draw 9 2yo · C · b | 166 | 83 | 38.8 | 28/1·29.00 SP |
| 6 | 6 | J: Andrew Slattery · T: J A Stack · draw 8 3yo · G · b | 267 | 76 | 55.3 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
| 7 | 4 | J: Jamie Powell · T: M D O'Callaghan · draw 6 3yo · F · bvFT V | 21060 | 78 | 45.8 | 50/1·51.00 SP |
| 8 | 5 | J: Gary Carroll · T: Gavin Cromwell · draw 2 3yo · F · bt | 176 | 78 | 45.3 | 33/1·34.00 SP |
| 9 | 8 | J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Paul W Flynn · draw 10 3yo · F · b | 45591 | 73 | 40.9 | 10/3·4.33 SP |
| 10 | 7 | J: Luke McAteer · T: Patrick T Foley · draw 3 3yo · G · b | 43302 | 74 | 57.0 | 15/2·8.50 SP |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:25 Leopardstown?
No — the AI top pick (Zenford) finished 4.
What were the placings in the 17:25 Leopardstown?
Top finishers: 1. Watch Tower (IRE) (5.00), 2. Invincible Will (IRE) (19.00), 3. Chapel Lane (IRE) (17.00).
What was the winning time for the 17:25 Leopardstown?
The winning time was 1m 29.04s.
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