What time is the Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Handicap?
The Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Handicap is off at 16:00 on 22 August 2026 at Curragh (Ireland).
Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Handicap
1m4f · Flat · Good · 12 runners · €15,601 · Saturday, 22 August 2026
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
One book stands out from the de-overrounded consensus of 27 bookmakers. A price check, not a tip — the market can be wrong about a horse.
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Marazion heads this twelve-runner Curragh mile-and-a-half contest on good ground narrowly ahead of Navy Waters and Denim And Diamonds, and her rating advantage, though modest, reflects a profile that should see her travel well over this trip. Navy Waters is the most obvious threat, just two pounds behind and capable of closing that gap on the day, while Denim And Diamonds cannot be dismissed either, sitting a further pound back and representing genuine competition in a competitive staying heat. Railwayview Lady, rated seven pounds below our selection, would need a step forward to trouble the principals, though the open nature of the field means a smooth run through will matter. Marazion 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.
Dylan Browne McMonagle · Joseph Patrick O'Brien · 3yo
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
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.
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.
Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.13).
Today: Vanir (draw 5) and Beauparc (draw 7) get the bias; Nellcote (draw 9) 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. 126 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest · Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 26–27 bookmakers per horse with the 37% 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.
The Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Handicap is off at 16:00 on 22 August 2026 at Curragh (Ireland).
1m4f, Flat, 12 runners declared.
Going is reported as Good on Turf.
The AI top-rated runner is Yousaynothingatall (score 60.1, best price 4.50). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.
The market favourite is Yousaynothingatall at a best price of 4.50.
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