Carlsberg Optional Claiming Race Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Sligo · Wednesday 5 August 2026 · Off 5:30 · 1m2f129y · Going: Yielding · Purse: €6,000 · 3yo+
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 Timandi the clear favourite (implied 16.9% chance) at 3/1, trained by James M Barrett. Avec Grand Plaisir is the chief market rival at 9/2.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Timandi. 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 Avec Grand Plaisir 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: Chopsticks at 20/1. Form figures of 0-3409 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
1m2f129y · Yielding going.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Timandi 16.9% 3/1
- Avec Grand Plaisir 12.3% 9/2
- Dark Summit 11.3% 5/1
- Taj Crown 10.4% 11/2
- Shemiyka 9.0% 13/2
- Concert Party 7.9% 15/2
- Glittering Gem 7.1% 17/2
- Miss Australie 6.1% 10/1
- Capital Theory 5.2% 12/1
- Shay's Dream 5.2% 12/1
- Borora Aura 3.6% 18/1
- Chopsticks 3.2% 20/1
Field & Odds (16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 (1) | Timandi NAP |
J: Luke McAteer T: James M Barrett |
009412 | 3/1 | |||
| 7 (3) | Avec Grand Plaisir EW |
J: Ronan Whelan T: Jarlath P Fahey |
0-753 | 9/2 | |||
| 8 (16) | Dark Summit |
J: Chris Hayes T: Denis Gerard Hogan |
000008 | 5/1 | |||
| 3 (11) | Taj Crown DH tv |
J: W J Lee T: K J Condon |
528622 | 11/2 | |||
| 2 (14) | Shemiyka v |
J: Sean Davis T: M D O'Callaghan |
95-3 | 13/2 | |||
| 5 (9) | Concert Party |
J: J M Sheridan T: Denis Gerard Hogan |
110-95 | 10/1 | |||
| 1 (4) | Glittering Gem |
J: Sam Coen(5) T: D K Weld |
70-3 | 9/1 | |||
| 13 (7) | Miss Australie |
J: Gavin Ryan T: Adrian McGuinness |
-06108 | 10/1 | |||
| 4 (2) | Capital Theory |
J: Patrick McGettigan(5) T: H D McGuigan |
60310- | 12/1 | |||
| 10 (10) | Shay's Dream |
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
0-008 | 12/1 | |||
| 14 (12) | Borora Aura t |
J: Terry Casey(7) T: Michael Mulvany |
369429 | 18/1 | |||
| 11 (8) | Chopsticks tp |
J: Reese Holohan(7) T: John C McConnell |
0-3409 | 22/1 | |||
| 12 (13) | Eastern Blue Bird v |
J: Jack Cleary(5) T: P A Fahy |
890-05 | 100/1 | |||
| 9 (5) | Princess Rosie |
J: Megan de Souza-Wearen(10) T: P Cluskey |
0806- | 125/1 | |||
| NR (15) | Mullacurry Maid t |
T: Donal Kinsella |
089-50 | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| NR (6) | Money Shuffler b |
T: W M Roper |
0680- | — | Prices update closer to the off |
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