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Horse Racing · The Evening Edition · Tuesday
20 October 2026
Going
Heavy
Meetings
9 · AUS, FR, GB & IRE
Today's Racing Briefing

Staffordstown Stud Stakes heads nine-meeting, 69-race card

Across nine meetings in Australia, France, Britain and Ireland, the 69-race programme has Heavy as its dominant going, with conditions ranging from Good and Standard to Soft and Yielding. The 15:00 Staffordstown Stud Stakes at the Curragh is a Class 1 contest with 11 runners. Together Now has the day's highest model win percentage, at 60% at the Curragh.

By Sportily Intelligence · Updated 19:30
Meetings9
Races69
CountriesAUS · FR · GB · IRE
GoingHeavy
FeatureStaffordstown Stud Stakes
Curragh (IRE) · 14:00
The Index
Race Intelligence
4 reads across today's card
Highest Confidence
Together Now
The model's single strongest opinion on the card today.
Curragh (IRE) · 13:25 AI win 60%
Clearest Separation
Stay Hopeful
The widest margin between the model's first and second choice.
Hexham · 15:50 Model gap 29%
Trainer to Watch
M.J.Dunn
The busiest yard on the card, across every meeting running today.
9 declared runners 19% strike
Highest Rated
Lady Wardell
Clear of the field on official ratings, drawn 3.
Grafton · 04:40 OR 84
The Card
Featured Meetings
3 to follow today
Feature day
Curragh (IRE)
First race 12:25 ·Yielding ·7 races
Staffordstown Stud Stakes headlines the card at 14:00.
 GB
Newcastle (AW)
First race 15:22 ·Standard ·9 races
Race headlines the card at 15:57.
 GB
Hexham
First race 13:01 ·Good ·6 races
Follow @AtTheRaces On X 'Chasing Excellence' Beginners' Steeple Chase headlines the card at 15:17.
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Curragh (IRE) 13:25 · 1m4f
60%
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Hexham 15:17 · 2m4f
56%
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Together Now
Curragh (IRE) 13:25 · Model gap 51%
60%
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Royal Infantry
Hexham 15:17 · Model gap 26%
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Speed figure 92
Runs at this trip 1
Trainer, last 365 days 18.1%
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