Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (Div I) Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Ballinrobe · Tuesday 21 July 2026 · Off 7:09 · 2m6f41y · Going: Good · Purse: €6,000 · 4yo+
British Gambler's Picks
Composite scoring across market position, Racing Post Rating, Topspeed, recent form and trainer 14-day strike rate. Tips, not guarantees — bet responsibly.
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes Run For The Border the clear favourite (implied 25.8% chance) at 6/4, trained by John Patrick Ryan. It's Time Again is the chief market rival at 9/2.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Run For The Border. Best price available at Unibet — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with It's Time Again at 9/2. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety, particularly with bookies paying Extra Places in big-field handicaps.
★ Bigger-priced angle · The bigger-priced angle: Madame Masque at 14/1. Form figures of 1/000- show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
2m6f41y · Good going.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Run For The Border 25.8% 6/4
- It's Time Again 11.7% 9/2
- Sineads Fancy 8.6% 13/2
- Coppola 7.6% 15/2
- Tantrum Boy 7.6% 15/2
- Whatyouwant 6.5% 9/1
- John Dixen 6.5% 9/1
- Vroomvroomboo 5.0% 12/1
- Madame Masque 4.3% 14/1
- Will It Be You 4.3% 14/1
- Coole Vision 3.4% 18/1
- Light Her Up 2.8% 22/1
Field & Odds (19 runners)
Sorted by market position. Best price shown is the lowest decimal price across the leading UK horse racing bookmakers — tap any bookie pill to bet at that price.
| No. | Horse | J / T | Form | RPR | TS | Best Price | Top Bookies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Run For The Border NAP |
J: Michael Kenneally(5) T: John Patrick Ryan |
7157-3 | 3/2 | |||
| 4 | It's Time Again p |
J: Liam McKenna(3) T: David Richard Barry |
/6-0PF | 9/2 | |||
| 16 | Sineads Fancy p |
J: Daniel King T: S Ryan |
03P-79 | 13/2 | |||
| 7 | Coppola EW |
J: Joshua Halford(7) T: Gordon Elliott |
222P-P | 15/2 | |||
| 11 | Tantrum Boy |
J: Phillip Enright T: Brian M McMahon |
070-08 | 15/2 | |||
| 9 | Whatyouwant DH p |
J: G B Noonan T: Gerard Kyne |
61P-75 | 9/1 | |||
| 15 | John Dixen p |
J: Simon Torrens T: P J Rothwell |
P000-6 | 9/1 | |||
| 6 | Vroomvroomboo t |
J: Conor Smithers(7) T: James Andrew Fahey |
5050-8 | 12/1 | |||
| 3 | Madame Masque t |
J: Darragh O'Keeffe T: Henry De Bromhead |
1/000- | 14/1 | |||
| 13 | Will It Be You p |
J: Brian Hayes T: Liam P Cusack |
/80P-9 | 14/1 | |||
| 12 | Coole Vision |
J: Peter Smithers(7) T: Norman Lee |
P4/P-0 | 18/1 | |||
| 17 | Light Her Up |
J: Eoghan Finegan(5) T: Hugh Paul Finegan |
6/460- | 22/1 | |||
| 8 | Ranger Billy p |
J: J J Slevin T: K A Heffernan |
/P0-PP | 28/1 | |||
| 10 | Not So Serious p |
J: Danny Mullins T: W J Lanigan |
0-0PPP | 28/1 | |||
| 14 | Lost Features |
J: Philip Donovan T: Darren Collins |
P9-98P | 40/1 | |||
| NR | Tannery Park |
J: Mark Walsh T: Barry Connell |
50/51- | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| NR | Bearami Creek |
J: Sam Ewing T: Peter Fahey |
450P-0 | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| NR | My Good Pal tp |
J: Reserve 2 T: Gavin Cromwell |
85-2U8 | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| NR | Ballinaboola Hanna h |
J: Reserve 3 T: R Donohoe |
75F69- | — | Prices update closer to the off |
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