Who won the 18:08 Leopardstown on 23 July 2026?
Alpha (IRE) won the 18:08 Leopardstown at SP 1.17. Ridden by Ryan Moore. Trained by A P O'Brien.
18:08 Leopardstown
IrelandSaudi Cup Silver Flash Stakes (Group 3)
7½f · Flat · Class 1 · Good · 6 runners · €42,000 · Thursday, 23 July 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stAlpha (IRE)Ryan Moore·A P O'Brien1/6F·1.17SP
- 2ndDancing Destiny (IRE)AI top pick · 70.8Declan McDonogh·Joseph Patrick O'Brien·beaten 0.2 lengths20/1·21.00SP
- 3rdNevermindtherain (IRE)Wayne Lordan·A P O'Brien·beaten 1.25 lengths25/1·26.00SP
Race time
1m 26.48s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Alpha (IRE))
“stumbled leaving the stalls and not fluent early - soon 4th and travelling with ease early - 3rd approaching the straight - sent forward in 2nd and reeled in the front-runner over 1f out - hit the front early in the last furlong - driven and drifted left final 100 yards - found plenty - had to battle hard in the last strides for the verdict”
Settled · 1pt level stake = 20.00 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-way44.5/100 rating
Blonde Over Blue
9.50Betfred
Place portion settles at 3.13 · 1/4 odds · 2 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: Green Empress
Green Empress leads our figures on 94, a full 8 lb to the good of Blonde Over Blue in second. She was runner-up in each of her last two starts, a strongly placed profile that puts her right in this. Blonde Over Blue, Alpha and Dancing Destiny all have claims of their own — Blonde Over Blue is a fresh last-time-out winner, Alpha won last time out having been runner-up before that, and Dancing Destiny has won twice in her last four starts — so this looks competitive. Green Empress is the selection on figures, though with the field tightly bunched our confidence in her is only low.
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
Dancing Destiny
Declan McDonogh · Joseph Patrick O'Brien · 2yo
Top-rated of 6
score 70.8 · +18.9 clear of next best (51.8)
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 strong19d since last run (race-fit window)
- Trainer20% weight80very strongJoseph Patrick O'Brien: 19/59 winners last 14d (32%)
- Form20% weight76strongLast 6: 1-3-4-1
- Ratings50% weight59averageOR 89 — highest combined rating in the field
MarketBest price 34.00 (Betfair Exchange) · 3rd in the market of 6.
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 7½f
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.16).
Low (1–3)
IV 1.16
Mid (4–6)
IV 0.88
High (7–8)
IV 0.94
Today: Dancing Destiny (draw 3) and Alpine Wedding (draw 1) get the bias; Nevermindtherain (draw 4) 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 | 1 | J: Ryan Moore · T: A P O'Brien · draw 5 2yo · F · b | 21 | — | 33.0 | 1/6F·1.17 SP |
| 2 | 5 | J: Declan McDonogh · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 3 2yo · F · b | 1341 | 89 | 70.8 | 20/1·21.00 SP |
| 3 | 7 | J: Wayne Lordan · T: A P O'Brien · draw 4 2yo · F · bpFT P | 553 | 85 | 51.8 | 25/1·26.00 SP |
| 4 | 3 | J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 7 2yo · F · b | 1 | — | 44.5 | 9/2·5.50 SP |
| 5 | 8 | J: Donagh O'Connor · T: Robson De Aguiar · draw 6 2yo · F · b | 55 | — | 22.5 | 125/1·126.00 SP |
| 6 | 4 | J: Colin Keane · T: Robson De Aguiar · draw 2 2yo · F · b | — | — | 21.5 | 66/1·67.00 SP |
| — | — | 2yo · F · ch | 53 | — | 27.0 | — |
| — | — | J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 8 2yo · F · b | 22 | — | 41.6 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 18:08 Leopardstown?
No — the AI top pick (Dancing Destiny) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 18:08 Leopardstown?
Top finishers: 1. Alpha (IRE) (1.17), 2. Dancing Destiny (IRE) (21.00), 3. Nevermindtherain (IRE) (26.00).
What was the winning time for the 18:08 Leopardstown?
The winning time was 1m 26.48s.
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