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Distillation

3yo Gelding · 9-7 · OR 53

Southwell · attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap (Div 1) · 1m 14y

#1

Rank

Odds

7/1

Win Prob

99%

Place Prob

90%

Rank

#1

★★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Showed improved form to get off the mark in 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7f, 7/1) 16 days ago, just holding on having set a sound gallop. Likely to stay 1m and a 3 lb rise may not be enough to prevent the follow up.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move1
Strength64%

What the class read says

Has campaigned at a higher grade and now drops into weaker company. Dropping in class here looks deliberate, not a concession. Crucially, it keeps finishing ahead of what its handicap mark implies — it looks ahead of the handicapper.

Held its own mid-division in 3 of 3 stronger races — solid form context.

Dropping 2 class levels from its toughest race — well-positioned today.

Class-adjusted form 4.3 /10 (raw 5.3)

Highest class: 4
Recent avg: C5.2
Today: 6
Class gap: +0.8
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Newbury 24/10/2025 · Pos 6th of 7 · OR - · 6f110y Sft 133 · HIGHER CLASS24/1045 @ Wolverhampton 24/11/2025 · Pos 10th of 13 · OR - · 6f20y Std 133 · HIGHER CLASS24/1154 @ Kempton 04/05/2026 · Pos 9th of 11 · OR - · 6f Sta 132 · HIGHER CLASS4/0546 @ Wolverhampton 02/06/2026 · Pos 2nd of 9 · OR 52 · 7f36y Std 128 · beat its mark02/06/2026 · OR 52 par2/066OR 526 @ Ffos Las 17/06/2026 · Pos 4th of 7 · OR 52 · 7f80y Sft 123 · beat its mark17/06/2026 · OR 52 par17/066OR 526 @ Wolverhampton 21/07/2026 · Pos 1st of 10 · OR 50 · 7f36y Std 125 · beat its mark21/07/2026 · OR 50 par21/076OR 50projClass-projected finish: 1st of 10
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-07-21Wolverhampton61st1st0
2026-06-17Ffos Las64th4th0
2026-06-02Wolverhampton62nd2nd0
2026-05-04Kempton49th7th+2
2025-11-24Wolverhampton510th9th+1
2025-10-24Newbury46th4th+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today24/1024/114/052/0617/0621/07
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 10
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength100%

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 1st of 10. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
24/10/20256th66/10%17%+0.17
24/11/202510th150/10%25%+0.25
04/05/20269th150/10%20%+0.20
02/06/20262nd12/137%88%+0.51
17/06/20264th18/15%50%+0.45
21/07/20261st7/163%100%+0.37