Lee Strand Novice Steeplechase (Div I) Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Killarney · Friday 17 July 2026 · Off 3:42 · 2m1f0y · Going: Good To Yielding · Purse: €9,600 · 5yo+
British Gambler's Picks
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes Shadow Paddy the clear favourite (implied 35.1% chance) at 5/4, trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy. Net Boy is the chief market rival at 9/4.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Shadow Paddy. Best price available at Bet365 — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Net Boy at 9/4. 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: Wing Back at 40/1. Form figures of 13F0-9 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
2m1f0y · Good to yielding going.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Shadow Paddy 35.1% 5/4
- Net Boy 24.3% 9/4
- Endless Talking 18.2% 10/3
- Piccolo Player 9.3% 15/2
- Cappa Hill 8.8% 8/1
- Fast Felix 2.3% 33/1
- Wing Back 1.9% 40/1
Field & Odds (7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shadow Paddy NAP t |
J: G B Noonan T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy |
411P-1 | 5/4 | |||
| 2 | Net Boy t |
J: Mark Walsh T: Barry Connell |
/12U-1 | 9/4 | |||
| 1 | Endless Talking EW |
J: Keith Donoghue T: Gavin Cromwell |
843-11 | 7/2 | |||
| 6 | Piccolo Player DH |
J: Daniel King T: John Patrick Ryan |
642-56 | 8/1 | |||
| 4 | Cappa Hill t |
J: Darragh O'Keeffe T: Sean Joseph Allen |
1188-7 | 8/1 | |||
| 5 | Fast Felix t |
J: Thomas O'Connor(7) T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy |
5P9-47 | 33/1 | |||
| 7 | Wing Back h |
J: Phillip Enright T: S Curling |
13F0-9 | 40/1 |
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