Lough Construction Maiden Hurdle Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Down Royal · Saturday 31 October 2026 · Off 1:30 · 2m 190y · Going: Good To Yielding · Purse: €9,000 · 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 Skerry Hill the clear favourite (implied 58% chance) at 1/12, trained by Gordon Elliott. S T Hamo is the chief market rival at 13/2.
★ Market shape · A tight race for one — Skerry Hill is well-clear at the head of the market.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Skerry Hill. Best price available at Midnite — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with S T Hamo at 13/2. 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: Billy Bob Junior at 40/1. Form figures of 34-7 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
2m0f190y · Good to yielding going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 17% over the last 14 days.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Skerry Hill 58.0% 1/12
- S T Hamo 8.3% 13/2
- Abando 7.4% 15/2
- War Rooms 6.3% 9/1
- Je Suis Celebre 3.0% 20/1
- Microscope 2.7% 22/1
- Blueys Unicorse 2.4% 25/1
- Well Eliot 2.4% 25/1
- Billy Bob Junior 1.5% 40/1
- Filippi 1.2% 50/1
- Fun Daddy 1.2% 50/1
- Ilen's Dream 1.2% 50/1
Field & Odds (17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Skerry Hill NAP |
J: Jack Kennedy T: Gordon Elliott |
1/11- | 2/9 | |||
| 8 | S T Hamo EW ht |
J: Danny Gilligan T: A. McCann |
-64352 | 27/2 | |||
| 13 | Abando DH |
J: James Smith(3) T: A. McCann |
34 | 37/2 | |||
| 10 | War Rooms |
J: Eoghan Finegan(5) T: Gerard Keane |
00- | 23/1 | |||
| 14 | Je Suis Celebre |
J: Daniel King T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy |
F57 | 80/1 | |||
| NR | Microscope |
J: Michael Kenneally(3) T: Peter Buchanan |
0054-9 | 89/1 | |||
| 2 | Blueys Unicorse |
J: Ben Harvey T: D M Christie |
21/20- | 99/1 | |||
| NR | Well Eliot |
J: Danny Mullins T: J P Flavin |
P43- | 66/1 | |||
| NR | Billy Bob Junior |
J: Conor Stone-Walsh T: Noel C. Kelly |
34-7 | 66/1 | |||
| 3 | Filippi |
J: Josh Williamson(3) T: Adrian Murray |
139/1 | ||||
| 4 | Fun Daddy t |
J: Kieren Buckley T: Eddie & Patrick Harty |
50- | 100/1 | |||
| 6 | Ilen's Dream |
J: Conor Smithers(7) T: Gearoid O'Loughlin |
8 | 129/1 | |||
| 15 | Calamint |
J: Sean Flanagan T: Adrian Murray |
59 | 100/1 | |||
| 16 | View The Stars |
J: Liam McKenna(3) T: Peter John Flood |
100/1 | ||||
| 5 | Hazem |
J: Alex Harvey T: A. McCann |
0 | 299/1 | |||
| 17 | Rightly Snookered |
J: Sean O'Keeffe T: Shane Crawley |
200/1 | ||||
| NR | Young Rebel |
J: Mark Walsh T: Emmet Mullins |
1-52 | — | Prices update closer to the off |
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