18:05

Galway

Ireland

Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle

Wednesday, 29 July 2026

2m½f·Hurdle·Good·20 runners·€18,000

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 4th

1st
Venusienne (FR)
Harry Cobden·W P Mullins
11/1·12.00
SP
2nd
Fratas (IRE)
J J Slevin·Joseph Patrick O'Brien·beaten 2.5 lengths
4/1F·5.00
SP
3rd
Emesteraye (IRE)
Daniel King·Ross O'Sullivan·beaten 0.1 lengths
16/1·17.00
SP

Race time

3m 59.80s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Venusienne (FR))

“settled midfield early - moved up into 6th with three left before improving into 3rd - into second turning for home - hit the front at the final marker - stayed on strongly to assert - clear-cut winner”

AI top-rated Cleopatra's Needle (score 78.2) finished 4th.

Settled · 1pt level stake = 22.00 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.

Selections by model

Head-to-head dashboard →

v1.078.2/100 rating

Cleopatra's Needle

32.00Betfair Exchange· informational only

Top-rated, but filter rejects this race

v1.1

No pick

Race outside the segment-edge filter

Each-way77.4/100 rating

Zahra Dodville

10.00SmarketsSBK

Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.

Racing Alpha pick

Cleopatra's Needle

Sean Flanagan · H Rogers · 8yo

78.2/100

+0.8 vs next best (77.4)

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

Trainer20% weight
100very strong
H Rogers: 2/3 winners last 14d (67%)
Freshness10% weight
100very strong
18d since last run (race-fit window)
Ratings50% weight
73strong
OR 109
Form20% weight
59average
Last 6: 2-2-1-7

MarketBest price 32.00 (Betfair Exchange) — 15th pick of 20 in market. AI is contrarian here.

v1.3 rating · weights and method explained on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Runners

Pos	#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Form	Wt	OR	RPR	TS	AI	SP
8	1	She's A Fine Wine 8yo · M · bt	Darragh O'Keeffe Henry De Bromhead	36911	11-12	125	—	—	71.2	8/1·9.00 SP
1	2	Venusienne 6yo · M · noipanh	Harry Cobden W P Mullins	0P13	11-09	122	—	—	69.5	11/1·12.00 SP
9	3	Missus Beeton 8yo · M · bvFT V	Keith Donoghue J P Dempsey	41170	11-07	120	—	—	58.1	33/1·34.00 SP
16	4	Billie Frechette 5yo · M · gt	Donagh Meyler Noel Meade	12243	11-05	118	—	—	73.3	12/1·13.00 SP
UR	5	Samba Train 5yo · M · b	Joshua Halford(7) E Bolger	16141	11-05	118	—	—	60.8	6/1·7.00 SP
15	6	Ardeen Joy 5yo · M · bh	Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott	83F31	11-02	115	—	—	66.4	22/1·23.00 SP
18	7	Splashing Out 8yo · M · bb	Peter Smithers(7) Eoin Griffin	68731	11-00	113	—	—	55.2	20/1·21.00 SP
12	8	Zahra Dodville 4yo · F · bpFT P	Calum Hogan(5) James Owen	5132	11-00	117	—	—	77.4	15/2·8.50 SP
7	9	Camlin Park 6yo · M · bt	Alex Harvey John C McConnell	01PP	10-13	112	—	—	47.8	125/1·126.00 SP
2	10	Fratas 6yo · M · ch	J J Slevin Joseph Patrick O'Brien	0220	10-13	112	—	—	65.6	4/1F·5.00 SP
10	11	Wonderfulwonderful 4yo · F · bp	Danny Gilligan John C McConnell	145	10-12	115	—	—	56.2	12/1·13.00 SP
17	12	Crohan Lady 8yo · M · btp	Luke Burke Ott(7) Miss Elizabeth Anne Lalor	89142	10-11	110	—	—	67.1	40/1·41.00 SP
4	13	Cleopatra's Needle 8yo · M · chh	Sean Flanagan H Rogers	2217	10-10	109	—	—	78.2	22/1·23.00 SP
13	14	Hillhead Runner 6yo · M · bt	Tom Kelly(7) C Byrnes	28974	10-07	106	—	—	60.7	40/1·41.00 SP
11	15	Two Pair 6yo · M · b	Conor Stone-Walsh Paul Nolan	25518	10-07	106	—	—	50.9	28/1·29.00 SP
6	16	Simple Things 4yo · F · chh	Simon Torrens J P Dempsey	86225	10-05	108	—	—	54.5	20/1·21.00 SP
PU	17	Astelia 7yo · M · ch	Sam Ewing Peter Fahey	70222	10-04	103	—	—	64.0	8/1·9.00 SP
5	18	Bossy Bird 6yo · M · bt	Harry Sexton(7) Thomas Gibney	8842	10-04	103	—	—	53.9	18/1·19.00 SP
14	19	Small Bucks 5yo · M · ch	Patrick M O'Brien(5) P E Collins	P7401	10-03	102	—	—	52.9	14/1·15.00 SP
3	21	Emesteraye 5yo · M · btFT T	Daniel King Ross O'Sullivan	60833	10-01	100	—	—	51.2	16/1·17.00 SP
—	—	Sea Of Doubt 6yo · M · brt	Caragh Monaghan(7) Ian Patrick Donoghue	16232U	10-02	101	—	—	50.2	—
—	—	Tingarran Express 9yo · M · b	Miss Denise Marie O'Shea	14629	10-01	100	—	—	51.2	—
—	—	You Make Me Smile 8yo · M · b	P A Fahy	31532	10-00	98	—	—	55.7	—

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 18:05 Galway on 29 July 2026?

Venusienne (FR) won the 18:05 Galway at SP 12.00. Ridden by Harry Cobden. Trained by W P Mullins.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 18:05 Galway?

No — the AI top pick (Cleopatra's Needle) finished 4.

What were the placings in the 18:05 Galway?

Top finishers: 1. Venusienne (FR) (12.00), 2. Fratas (IRE) (5.00), 3. Emesteraye (IRE) (17.00).

What was the winning time for the 18:05 Galway?

The winning time was 3m 59.80s.

Racing Post verdict

Third-party

She's A Fine Wine heads this 23-runner field on our figures, rated 131 after wins last time out and two starts back. Venusienne, Zahra Dodville and Billie Frechette are the chief dangers, each with useful recent form of their own, though Venusienne is closest at 124, some way behind the selection's figure. A below-par run three starts back is the only blemish on that formline, but the stronger efforts either side of it outweigh it in what remains a competitive race. She's A Fine Wine is our selection.

Racing Post pick: She's A Fine Wine

Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.

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