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Walsingham

6yo Gelding · 9-9 · OR 85

Ayr · Unite Ewing Hope's Happy Retirement Handicap · 1m

#5

Rank

Odds

100/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#5

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Back to winning ways at Pontefract in April. Best effort since when fifth of 18 in Golden Mile at Goodwood (1m, good to firm) last week. Runs off 2 lb lower here so a player in this lower grade.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move1
Strength58%

What the class read says

The stable looks to have run this horse in stronger races to keep its official rating low — today's class drop may be intentional. Worth watching at a price. 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 4 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 5.1 /10 (raw 5.0)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C2.8
Today: 4
Class gap: +1.2
Higher-class runs: 4
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Pontefract 18/07/2025 · Pos 1st of 8 · OR 73 · 1m6y Goo 135 · beat its mark18/07/2025 · OR 73 par18/074OR 734 @ Ascot 05/09/2025 · Pos 1st of 10 · OR 81 · 1m Sft 150 · beat its mark05/09/2025 · OR 81 par3 @ Doncaster 25/10/2025 · Pos 13th of 14 · OR 84 · 1m Hvy 129 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark25/10/2025 · OR 84 par25/103OR 844 @ Ripon 16/04/2026 · Pos 3rd of 8 · OR 84 · 1m GS 140 · beat its mark16/04/2026 · OR 84 par4 @ Pontefract 29/04/2026 · Pos 1st of 9 · OR 84 · 1m6y Goo 134 · beat its mark29/04/2026 · OR 84 par29/044OR 842 @ York 14/05/2026 · Pos 12th of 18 · OR 88 · 7f192y Gd 117 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark14/05/2026 · OR 88 par2 @ Epsom Downs 05/06/2026 · Pos 8th of 18 · OR 88 · 1m113y Goo 126 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark05/06/2026 · OR 88 par5/062OR 883 @ Ayr 05/07/2026 · Pos 10th of 10 · OR 87 · 1m Gd 140 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark05/07/2026 · OR 87 par2 @ Goodwood 31/07/2026 · Pos 5th of 18 · OR 87 · 1m Goo 120 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark31/07/2026 · OR 87 par31/072OR 87projClass-projected finish: 3rd 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
2026-07-31Goodwood25th3rd+2
2026-07-05Ayr310th9th+1
2026-06-05Epsom Downs28th6th+2
2026-05-14York212th10th+2
2026-04-29Pontefract41st1st0
2026-04-16Ripon43rd3rd0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today18/0716/045/0631/07
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish8th of 10
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength32%

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 8th of 10. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
18/07/20251st9/488%100%+0.12
05/09/20251st5/174%100%+0.26
25/10/202513th16/116%8%-0.08
16/04/20263rd7/163%71%+0.08
29/04/20261st9/488%100%+0.12
14/05/202612th18/15%35%+0.30
05/06/20268th50/10%59%+0.59
05/07/202610th17/255%0%-0.55
31/07/20265th100/10%76%+0.76