Who won the 15:00 Newbury on 17 July 2026?
Fuel The Jet (IRE) won the 15:00 Newbury at SP 5.50. Ridden by Neil Callan. Trained by Tom Clover.
15:00 Newbury
Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)
7f · Flat · Class 3 · Good To Firm · 12 runners · £8,100 · Friday, 17 July 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stFuel The Jet (IRE)Neil Callan·Tom Clover9/2·5.50SP
- 2ndCilician (IRE)AI top pick · 54.9Joe Leavy·Brian Meehan·beaten 0.2 lengths7/4F·2.75SP
- 3rdRafe's da Man (GB)Pat Dobbs·Richard Hannon·beaten 1.25 lengths28/1·29.00SP
Race time
1m 26.03s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Fuel The Jet (IRE))
“raced freely up with the pace early - driven along to challenge for the front 2f out - moved fractionally in front past 1f out - edged right soon after - stayed on comfortably to assert towards the finish”
Settled · 1pt level stake = 1.75 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-way28.0/100 rating
Force Of Light
4.60Betfair Exchange
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Why the model rates this top
Cilician
Joe Leavy · Brian Meehan · 2yo
Top-rated of 12
score 54.9 · +24.4 clear of next best (30.5)
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 strong14d since last run (race-fit window)
- Ratings50% weight60averageOR 90 — highest combined rating in the field
- Form20% weight52averageLast 6: 2-0-2
- Trainer20% weight23weakBrian Meehan: 1/11 winners last 14d (9%)
MarketBest price 4.33 (Unibet) · 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 — Newbury 7f
full course data →Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.16).
Low (1–5)
IV 0.99
Mid (6–10)
IV 1.16
High (11–15)
IV 0.86
Today: Cilician (draw 10) and Arthurian (draw 8) get the bias; Grapple (draw 13) 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. 147 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | J: Neil Callan · T: Tom Clover · draw 7 2yo · C · b | 5 | — | 21.0 | 9/2·5.50 SP |
| 2 | 4 | J: Joe Leavy · T: Brian Meehan · draw 10 2yo · G · ch | 202 | 90 | 54.9 | 7/4F·2.75 SP |
| 3 | 12 | J: Pat Dobbs · T: Richard Hannon · draw 4 2yo · C · ch | 44 | — | 25.0 | 28/1·29.00 SP |
| 4 | 3 | J: Sean Levey · T: Richard Hannon · draw 2 2yo · C · b | 63 | — | 22.3 | 10/1·11.00 SP |
| 5 | 6 | J: William Buick · T: Charlie Appleby · draw 11 2yo · C · ch | — | — | 28.0 | 100/30·4.33 SP |
| 6 | 2 | J: Oisin Murphy · T: Andrew Balding · draw 8 2yo · C · b | — | — | 25.0 | 8/1·9.00 SP |
| 7 | 5 | J: Lewis Edmunds · T: William Muir & Chris Grassick · draw 6 2yo · G · b | — | — | 20.0 | 125/1·126.00 SP |
| 8 | 10 | J: Saffie Osborne · T: Andrew Balding · draw 15 2yo · C · ch | 64 | — | 27.3 | 22/1·23.00 SP |
| 9 | 14 | J: Georgia Dobie · T: Clive Cox · draw 5 2yo · C · b | — | — | 23.5 | 33/1·34.00 SP |
| 10 | 8 | J: Jack Callan(3) · T: George Boughey · draw 3 2yo · C · b | — | — | 26.5 | 16/1·17.00 SP |
| 11 | 1 | J: Oliver Carmichael(7) · T: Eve Johnson Houghton · draw 12 2yo · G · b | 10 | — | 29.7 | 200/1·201.00 SP |
| 12 | 9 | J: Rossa Ryan · T: Ralph Beckett · draw 13 2yo · G · b | — | — | 30.5 | 28/1·29.00 SP |
| — | — | J: Tom Marquand · T: William Haggas · draw 9 2yo · C · b | — | — | 21.5 | — |
| — | — | J: Tyler Heard · T: Richard Hannon · draw 14 2yo · G · b | — | — | 21.0 | — |
| — | — | J: Kieran Shoemark · T: Ed Walker · draw 1 2yo · C · b | — | — | 24.0 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 15:00 Newbury?
No — the AI top pick (Cilician) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 15:00 Newbury?
Top finishers: 1. Fuel The Jet (IRE) (5.50), 2. Cilician (IRE) (2.75), 3. Rafe's da Man (GB) (29.00).
What was the winning time for the 15:00 Newbury?
The winning time was 1m 26.03s.
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