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9yo Gelding · 9-4 · OR 71

Lingfield · Hewanorra Handicap · 7f 1y

#1

Rank

Odds

11/1

Win Prob

95%

Place Prob

71%

Rank

#1

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Veteran who often gives his running and came in for a good ride when narrow winner over C&D in April. Didn't settle fully back at 1m at Kempton since but this is a better race than he need contest.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readPROGRESSIVE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move1
Strength20%

What the class read says

Stepping up in class, but the evidence backs it — has run against higher-rated rivals and held its own. Crucially, it keeps finishing ahead of what its handicap mark implies — it looks ahead of the handicapper.

Class-adjusted form 4.4 /10 (raw 3.9)

Highest class: 4
Recent avg: C5.0
Today: 4
Class gap: -1.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Southwell 28/07/2025 · Pos 9th of 12 · OR 69 · 7f14y Std 124 · beat its mark28/07/2025 · OR 69 par28/074OR 694 @ Southwell 02/09/2025 · Pos 10th of 11 · OR 69 · 1m14y Std 131 · beat its mark02/09/2025 · OR 69 par5 @ Chelmsford City 11/09/2025 · Pos 2nd of 10 · OR 69 · 7f Std 133 · beat its mark11/09/2025 · OR 69 par11/095OR 695 @ Kempton 15/09/2025 · Pos 4th of 9 · OR 68 · 7f Sta 135 · beat its mark15/09/2025 · OR 68 par5 @ Chelmsford City 02/10/2025 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR 70 · 7f Std 140 · beat its mark02/10/2025 · OR 70 par2/105OR 705 @ Kempton 02/03/2026 · Pos 4th of 7 · OR 69 · 7f Sta 129 · beat its mark02/03/2026 · OR 69 par5 @ Lingfield 14/04/2026 · Pos 2nd of 11 · OR 68 · 7f1y Std 133 · beat its mark14/04/2026 · OR 68 par14/045OR 685 @ Lingfield 30/04/2026 · Pos 1st of 9 · OR 69 · 7f1y Std 134 · beat its mark30/04/2026 · OR 69 par5 @ Kempton 10/06/2026 · Pos 5th of 11 · OR 71 · 1m Sta 131 · beat its mark10/06/2026 · OR 71 par10/065OR 71projClass-projected finish: 3rd 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
2026-06-10Kempton55th6th1
2026-04-30Lingfield51st2nd1
2026-04-14Lingfield52nd3rd1
2026-03-02Kempton54th5th1
2025-10-02Chelmsford City53rd4th1
2025-09-15Kempton54th5th1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today28/0715/0914/0410/06
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 7
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength63%

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 1st of 7.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
28/07/20259th18/15%27%+0.22
02/09/202510th66/10%10%+0.10
11/09/20252nd16/116%89%+0.73
15/09/20254th7/282%63%-0.19
02/10/20253rd4/179%78%-0.01
02/03/20264th9/153%50%-0.03
14/04/20262nd10/147%90%+0.43
30/04/20261st13/266%100%+0.34
10/06/20265th11/142%60%+0.18