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Magic Bay

4yo Gelding · 8-11 · OR 60

Delaware Park · Race 8 - Claiming · 5f 110y

#5

Rank

Odds

6/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

5%

Rank

#5

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
OVER-MARKEDflattered by its mark
Move
Strength34%

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. A caution, though: it has NOT been beating its handicap mark — the favourable class picture isn't yet backed by mark-adjusted finishes.

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 4.9 /10 (raw 5.0)

Highest class:
Recent avg: C7.4
Today:
Class gap: +0.1
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBackC9 @ Delaware Park 05/06/2025 · Pos 6th of 9 · OR 110 · 5f Gd 119 · below its mark05/06/2025 · OR 110 par5/06C9OR 110C6 @ Delaware Park 28/06/2025 · Pos 5th of 8 · OR 43 · 5f Sft 119 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark28/06/2025 · OR 43 parC9 @ Monmouth Park 22/08/2025 · Pos 3rd of 5 · OR 65 · 5f 119 · below its mark22/08/2025 · OR 65 par22/08C9OR 65C6 @ Delaware Park 08/10/2025 · Pos 6th of 6 · OR 63 · 5f110y 121 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark08/10/2025 · OR 63 parC9 @ Penn National 19/03/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 54 · 6f Fas 124 · below its mark19/03/2026 · OR 54 par19/03C9OR 54C9 @ Delaware Park 23/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 5 · OR 50 · 5f110y 122 · below its mark23/05/2026 · OR 50 parC9 @ Delaware Park 17/06/2026 · Pos 1st of 6 · OR 55 · 5f110y 124 · beat its mark17/06/2026 · OR 55 par17/06C9OR 55C7 @ Delaware Park 01/08/2026 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR 57 · 6f 123 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark01/08/2026 · OR 57 parC7 @ Delaware Park 20/08/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 69 · 5f Yie 123 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark20/08/2026 · OR 69 par20/08C7OR 69projClass-projected finish: 5th of 8
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-08-20Delaware Park?7th6th+1
2026-08-01Delaware Park?5th4th+1
2026-06-17Delaware Park?1st2nd1
2026-05-23Delaware Park?4th5th1
2026-03-19Penn National?7th8th1
2025-10-08Delaware Park?6th4th+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today5/068/1017/0620/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish4th of 857% of fieldRange 1-6 · 68%
SLIPPINGslightly under its price
Trend
Strength59%

Delivery trend -1.3% per run

What the projection says

Slipping just behind its market price recently. Projected 4th of 8.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
05/06/20256th14/126%38%+0.11
28/06/20255th10/147%43%-0.05
22/08/20253rd16/116%50%+0.34
08/10/20256th25/10%0%0.00
19/03/20267th13/266%14%-0.52
23/05/20264th7/163%25%-0.38
17/06/20261st4/596%100%+0.04
01/08/20265th20/10%33%+0.33
20/08/20267th14/126%14%-0.12