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19:00 Leopardstown

Ireland

Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap

1m5f · Flat · Good To Firm · 12 runners · €12,000 · Thursday, 20 August 2026

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Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Top rated
No. 1 · score 57.1 · +4.3 clear of next best · best 22/1·23.00
Best value vs consensus
26·26.00 Matchbook · +19% vs fair (consensus 21.90)

One book stands out from the de-overrounded consensus of 29 bookmakers. A price check, not a tip — the market can be wrong about a horse.

Each-way52.8/100 rating
Darius Dark
9.80Matchbook

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-party
Pundit pick: Sea CoralDiffers from our pick

Sea Coral heads the field on a shared rating with Satono Chevalier, and on good-to-firm ground over thirteen furlongs at Leopardstown there is enough in her profile to make a case, though the low confidence here is honest — this is a competitive twelve-runner heat with little to separate the principals. Satono Chevalier matches her rating exactly and must be respected, while Ehteyat is only a pound adrift and Ben Hur lurks just two pounds further back, meaning any of the quartet could take this. Sea Coral is our selection.

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

Satono Chevalier

Seamie Heffernan · M K Flannery · 8yo

Top-rated of 12
score 57.1 · +4.3 clear of next best (52.8)
Scores compare runners within this race only

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

  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    20d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Ratings50% weight
    55average
    OR 82 — highest combined rating in the field
  • Trainer20% weight
    50no sample
    M K Flannery — no runners last 14 days — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Form20% weight
    49below average
    Last 6: 1-1-8-1-3-0
MarketBest price 23.00 (Matchbook) · 8th in the market of 12.

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.

Pace map

inferred from last 6 runs

Shape: Mixed shape — pace likely to be honest but not lightning.

Bucketed from the opening clause of each past run's comment. Front-runner / prominent / mid / hold-up — the classic race-shape framework. Unknown = no usable comments parsed.

Draw bias — Leopardstown 1m5f

full course data →

Sample too small to call at this course and trip.

Low (1–4)
IV 1.18
Mid (5–8)
IV 0.89
High (9–12)
IV 0.91

IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 33 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by AI score

Fair price = de-overrounded market consensus · green best price = beats fair
No.HorseFormORAIFairBestAdd to betslip
1
J: Seamie Heffernan · T: M K Flannery · draw 4
8yo · G · bbDOnly pairing
118130
8257.120/1·21.9023·23.00
Matchbook · +5% vs fair
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6
J: Ben Coen · T: J P Murtagh · draw 11 · combo 14/110 (13%)
3yo · G · b
01110
8252.89/1·10.319.8·9.80
Matchbook · -5% vs fair
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3
J: Jack Cleary(5) · T: M K Flannery · draw 3
7yo · G · bOnly pairing
12376
7850.533/1·33.5050·50.00
Matchbook · +49% vs fair
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7
J: James Ryan · T: T G McCourt · draw 6 · combo 0/27 (0%)
5yo · G · bOnly ride
114732
7043.911/1·12.2412.5·12.50
Matchbook · +2% vs fair
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4
J: Declan McDonogh · T: Charles O'Brien · draw 1 · combo 0/6 (0%)
6yo · G · chOnly runner
690023
7542.510/1·10.9512.5·12.50
Matchbook · +14% vs fair
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10
J: Wesley Joyce(3) · T: W McCreery · draw 12
6yo · M · gtpOnly pairing
00645
6542.414/1·15.4615.5·15.50
Matchbook
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5
J: Adam Caffrey · T: Noel Meade · draw 5 · combo 1/24 (4%)
4yo · G · b
4773
7441.97/2·4.513.65·3.65
Smarkets · -19% vs fair
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8
J: Donagh O'Connor · T: Ross O'Sullivan · draw 8 · combo 0/19 (0%)
8yo · G · btpFT TP
32050
7041.828/1·29.6434·34.00
Matchbook · +15% vs fair
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2
J: Shane Foley · T: Mrs John Harrington · draw 2 · combo 19/152 (13%)
4yo · F · btp
00337
8041.820/1·21.9028·28.00
Matchbook · +28% vs fair
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9
J: Chris Hayes · T: H Rogers · draw 9 · combo 1/7 (14%)
4yo · G · bpC&DOnly runner
83310
6641.514/1·14.1710/1·11.00
Boyle Sports · -22% vs fair
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11
J: Nathan Crosse · T: J S Bolger · draw 10
3yo · C · bOnly runner
54795
7136.720/1·21.9026·26.00
Matchbook · +19% vs fair
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12
J: Andrew Slattery · T: Andrew Slattery · draw 7 · combo 3/87 (3%)
4yo · G · b
80034
6135.75/1·5.805.6·5.60
Matchbook · -3% vs fair
All 29 books ▾

OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest · Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 29 bookmakers per horse with the 29% overround stripped out. A green best price pays above that consensus — a price check, not a tip: the market can be wrong about a horse, this only tells you when a book stands out from it.

Frequently asked questions

What time is the Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap?

The Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap is off at 19:00 on 20 August 2026 at Leopardstown (Ireland).

What is the field size and distance of the 19:00 Leopardstown?

1m5f, Flat, 12 runners declared.

What is the going for the 19:00 Leopardstown?

Going is reported as Good To Firm on Turf.

What is the Racing Alpha AI top pick for the 19:00 Leopardstown?

The AI top-rated runner is Satono Chevalier (score 57.1, best price 23.00). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.

Who is the favourite for the 19:00 Leopardstown?

The market favourite is Ben Hur at a best price of 3.65. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — Satono Chevalier.

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