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Stapleford Park

4yo Gelding · 9-8 · OR 54

Brighton · Teenage Cancer Trust Handicap · 5f 60y

#6

Rank

Odds

8/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#6

★★ Timeform

Commentary

Returned to form from easing mark when runner-up at Lingfield in March but not in anything like the same form back there the following month. Well beaten all 3 turf outings last season and that tempers enthusiasm here.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
AHEAD OF MARKedges past its mark
Move
Strength65%

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. Its finishes have been edging past what its mark implies.

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

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

Class-adjusted form 4.9 /10 (raw 5.7)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C5.5
Today: 6
Class gap: +0.5
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Haydock 24/05/2025 · Pos 7th of 11 · OR 74 · 6f Gd 127 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark24/05/2025 · OR 74 par24/054OR 744 @ Chester 13/06/2025 · Pos 12th of 14 · OR 73 · 7f127y Gd 130 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark13/06/2025 · OR 73 par5 @ Windsor 01/09/2025 · Pos 8th of 9 · OR 70 · 6f12y Sft 130 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark01/09/2025 · OR 70 par1/095OR 705 @ Chelmsford City 15/01/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 67 · 6f Std 132 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark15/01/2026 · OR 67 par5 @ Lingfield 29/01/2026 · Pos 4th of 6 · OR 64 · 6f1y Std 129 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark29/01/2026 · OR 64 par29/015OR 645 @ Lingfield 14/02/2026 · Pos 6th of 7 · OR 62 · 6f1y Std 129 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark14/02/2026 · OR 62 par6 @ Lingfield 25/02/2026 · Pos 7th of 7 · OR 59 · 6f1y Std 133 · below its mark25/02/2026 · OR 59 par25/026OR 596 @ Lingfield 20/03/2026 · Pos 2nd of 9 · OR 55 · 5f6y Std 131 · beat its mark20/03/2026 · OR 55 par6 @ Lingfield 20/04/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 55 · 5f6y Std 125 · beat its mark20/04/2026 · OR 55 par20/046OR 55projClass-projected finish: 5th 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
2026-04-20Lingfield67th7th0
2026-03-20Lingfield62nd2nd0
2026-02-25Lingfield67th7th0
2026-02-14Lingfield56th5th+1
2026-01-29Lingfield54th3rd+1
2026-01-15Chelmsford City57th6th+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today24/0515/0125/0220/04
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish5th of 7
EDGING AHEADslightly over its price
Trend
Strength53%

What the projection says

Edging in front of its market price lately. Projected 5th of 7. Recent form is easing off.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
24/05/20257th40/10%40%+0.40
13/06/202512th28/10%15%+0.15
01/09/20258th28/10%13%+0.13
15/01/20267th66/10%14%+0.14
29/01/20264th66/10%40%+0.40
14/02/20266th50/10%17%+0.17
25/02/20267th40/10%0%0.00
20/03/20262nd12/137%88%+0.51
20/04/20267th8/158%14%-0.44