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Lion's House

5yo Gelding · 9-4 · OR 66

Newmarket · Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap · 5f

#5

Rank

Odds

11/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#5

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Has been kept on the go since reappearing as a 4-y-o so no surprise he's proving hard to catch right, making some late headway at Ayr latest.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength51%

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 7.2 /10 (raw 5.6)

Highest class: 3
Recent avg: C4.5
Today: 5
Class gap: +0.5
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Newcastle 06/02/2026 · Pos 1st of 11 · OR 68 · 5f Std 133 · beat its mark06/02/2026 · OR 68 par6/025OR 684 @ Wolverhampton 16/02/2026 · Pos 3rd of 5 · OR 71 · 5f21y Std 129 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark16/02/2026 · OR 71 par5 @ Newcastle 05/03/2026 · Pos 5th of 12 · OR 71 · 5f Std 131 · beat its mark05/03/2026 · OR 71 par5/035OR 714 @ Musselburgh 12/04/2026 · Pos 13th of 17 · OR 70 · 5f1y Goo 126 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark12/04/2026 · OR 70 par5 @ Newcastle 01/05/2026 · Pos 2nd of 12 · OR 69 · 6f Std 134 · beat its mark01/05/2026 · OR 69 par1/055OR 694 @ Hamilton 17/05/2026 · Pos 12th of 13 · OR 70 · 6f6y Gd 125 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark17/05/2026 · OR 70 par5 @ Hamilton 04/06/2026 · Pos 4th of 6 · OR 70 · 5f7y Goo 130 · beat its mark04/06/2026 · OR 70 par4/065OR 704 @ Ayr 20/06/2026 · Pos 12th of 14 · OR 69 · 6f Sft 131 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark20/06/2026 · OR 69 par5 @ Ayr 13/07/2026 · Pos 4th of 11 · OR 67 · 5f Goo 135 · beat its mark13/07/2026 · OR 67 par13/075OR 67projClass-projected finish: 4th of 6
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-07-13Ayr54th4th0
2026-06-20Ayr412th11th+1
2026-06-04Hamilton54th4th0
2026-05-17Hamilton412th11th+1
2026-05-01Newcastle52nd2nd0
2026-04-12Musselburgh413th12th+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today6/0212/044/0613/07
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish5th of 6
EDGING AHEADslightly over its price
Trend
Strength57%

What the projection says

Edging in front of its market price lately. Projected 5th of 6. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
06/02/20261st7/282%100%+0.18
16/02/20263rd7/491%50%-0.41
05/03/20265th4/179%64%-0.15
12/04/202613th20/10%25%+0.25
01/05/20262nd13/266%91%+0.25
17/05/202612th40/10%8%+0.08
04/06/20264th4/179%40%-0.39
20/06/202612th22/10%15%+0.15
13/07/20264th11/142%70%+0.28