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Recon Mission

10yo Gelding · 9-9 · OR 55

Brighton · Teenage Cancer Trust Handicap · 5f 60y

#4

Rank

Odds

3/1

Win Prob

1%

Place Prob

5%

Rank

#4

★★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Hard to win with and ran poorly having dropped to a mark in the 50s for the first time when fifth of 6 over C&D (good) in June. Down further in grade here and ought to be going close if retaining any enthusiasm for the game.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength59%

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 2 of 2 stronger races — solid form context.

Dropping 4 class levels from its toughest race — well-positioned today.

Class-adjusted form 4.4 /10 (raw 4.8)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C5.7
Today: 6
Class gap: +0.3
Higher-class runs: 2
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Lingfield 22/07/2025 · Pos 5th of 6 · OR 66 · 4f217y Goo 134 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark22/07/2025 · OR 66 par22/075OR 666 @ Brighton 06/08/2025 · Pos 6th of 11 · OR 64 · 5f60y Goo 137 · beat its mark06/08/2025 · OR 64 par6 @ Bath 03/09/2025 · Pos 3rd of 8 · OR 62 · 5f160y Sft 138 · beat its mark03/09/2025 · OR 62 par3/096OR 626 @ Lingfield 08/09/2025 · Pos 7th of 9 · OR 62 · 5f6y Std 135 · below its mark08/09/2025 · OR 62 par6 @ Lingfield 23/09/2025 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR 60 · 5f6y Std 135 · beat its mark23/09/2025 · OR 60 par23/096OR 606 @ Brighton 29/09/2025 · Pos 2nd of 8 · OR 60 · 5f60y Goo 135 · beat its mark29/09/2025 · OR 60 par5 @ Lingfield 18/05/2026 · Pos 6th of 7 · OR 61 · 6f Goo 122 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark18/05/2026 · OR 61 par18/055OR 615 @ Brighton 09/06/2026 · Pos 6th of 8 · OR 60 · 5f60y Gd 125 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark09/06/2026 · OR 60 par6 @ Brighton 22/06/2026 · Pos 5th of 6 · OR 58 · 5f60y Goo 135 · beat its mark22/06/2026 · OR 58 par22/066OR 58projClass-projected finish: 4th of 7
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-06-22Brighton65th5th0
2026-06-09Brighton56th5th+1
2026-05-18Lingfield56th5th+1
2025-09-29Brighton62nd2nd0
2025-09-23Lingfield63rd3rd0
2025-09-08Lingfield67th7th0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today22/078/0918/0522/06
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish3rd of 7
SLIPPINGslightly under its price
Trend
Strength69%

What the projection says

Slipping just behind its market price recently. Projected 3rd of 7.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
22/07/20255th7/163%20%-0.43
06/08/20256th22/10%50%+0.50
03/09/20253rd8/158%71%+0.14
08/09/20257th5/287%25%-0.62
23/09/20253rd4/179%78%-0.01
29/09/20252nd8/158%86%+0.28
18/05/20266th14/126%17%-0.10
09/06/20266th20/10%29%+0.29
22/06/20265th3/184%20%-0.64