What time is the Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle?
The Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle is off at 16:30 on 26 September 2026 at Listowel (Ireland).
Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle
2m6f · Hurdle · Good To Yielding · 17 runners · €6,899 · Saturday, 26 September 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 29 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.
Ladiam rates narrowly behind the top two on paper but is preferred on the strength of a progressive profile and a more solid book of form, which gives confidence that the rating reflects genuine ability rather than a flattering run or two. Lecale's Diamond holds the highest rating in the field and must be respected, while Liberated Light and Barryroe Madam are dangers at their best over this marathon trip on good ground at Listowel. With any fitness edge telling over twenty-two furlongs in a competitive eighteen-runner field, the nod goes to Ladiam.
Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.
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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: Lone front-runner — could dictate from the front if unchallenged.
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.
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest · Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 17–29 bookmakers per horse with the 65% 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 Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle is off at 16:30 on 26 September 2026 at Listowel (Ireland).
2m6f, Hurdle, 17 runners declared.
Going is reported as Good To Yielding on Turf.
The AI top-rated runner is Ladiam (score 69.8, best price 13.50). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.
The market favourite is Liberated Light at a best price of 6.40. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — Ladiam.
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