1:25 Sligo

The KTB Fit ranking

1. 1Speisialta KTB Selection76/100

   Form R01203 · Anthony John Black · Eoin Staples(5)

   Family: half-sister to West With The Wind, a Grade 3 winner (11 wins from 43 runs). The dam has had 7 other runners, 6 of them winners.

   Speisialta is a smart performer who won on his only previous run at Sligo. He has won at today's trip and steps back up in distance after his last start over 2m. The yard's record here is based on only four runs so remains hard to assess while the going remains an unknown on the back of just seven career starts. A half-sister to West With The Wind, a Grade 3 winner who recorded 11 wins from 43 runs, comes from a family where the dam has had seven other runners with six of them winners. He tends to make the running or race on the pace with high confidence in that run-style. Anthony John Black has a 25% strike rate at Sligo from four runs and Eoin Staples has a 33% strike rate at the track from 12 rides.

2. 2Combs63/100

   Form 469-10 · Gordon Elliott · Danny Gilligan

   Combs is a smart performer who arrives in solid form after a recent win and has an official rating of 117 to back that up. The yard has a 16% strike rate at Sligo from 286 runs which sits in line with their record elsewhere while jockey Danny Gilligan has no supplied record at the track. He handles good to yielding ground with a win and a place from three runs and is stepping up in trip today having already placed at this distance. Recent form figures of 469-10 underline his current wellbeing. Usually races handily, on or close to the lead, with medium confidence in that prominent style. Gordon Elliott and Danny Gilligan combine with an overall 12% strike rate from 644 runs together.

3. 3Puppet Master59/100

   Form 8-512 · Ciaran Murphy · Eoghan Finegan(5)

   Puppet Master is a high-class performer on the balance of his ratings and race history with recent form figures of 8-512. He steps up markedly in trip today having last run over 1m4f and his only run on good to yielding ground brought no win or place. The trainer records a 10% strike rate at Sligo from 49 runs which is in line with his 6% at other courses while the 5lb claimer has no separate course record supplied. An official rating of 120 makes him the highest-rated in the field. Typically settles in midfield with medium confidence attached to that run-style. Ciaran Murphy and Eoghan Finegan have combined for a 12% strike rate from 76 runs.

4. 4Friary Road54/100

   Form /1PF6- · T M Walsh · Josh Williamson(3)

   Friary Road is a smart performer with a solid official rating of 119 and useful placed efforts on decent ground. Goes up in trip for the first time today having last run over 2m, which asks a fresh question, while this is also its first run at Sligo. Trainer has an 11% strike rate here from 35 runs, in line with his record elsewhere, and the horse has won once from two starts on good to yielding ground. Usually held up and produces its effort late with high confidence in that style. Recent form figures read /1PF6-.

5. 5Crystabel50/100

   Form 613545 · John Patrick Ryan · Daniel King

   Crystabel is a useful performer who has won once from seven runs at Sligo. The yard's 11% strike rate here from 288 runs sits above their 6% at other tracks while the jockey has no recorded Sligo rides. She steps up in trip today having already won at this distance though her sole run on good to yielding ground brought no win or place. Tends to make the running or race on the pace with high confidence in that front-running style. Recent form figures are 613545 and she carries an official rating of 102.