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Mind Those Steps

2yo Colt · 8-11 · OR 79

Ayr · Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs EBF Nursery · 6f

#10

Rank

Odds

20/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

1%

Rank

#10

★★ Timeform

Commentary

Confirmed debut promise when narrowly opening his account at Hamilton in May. Wasn't given a hard time after meeting some early interference in a Newcastle novice before predictably struggling in a valuable sales race a month ago. Cheekpieces added switched to a nursery.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readPROGRESSIVE
RUNS TO MARKfinishes near its mark
Move1
Strength12%

What the class read says

Stepping up in class, but the evidence backs it — has run against higher-rated rivals and held its own.

Class-adjusted form 10.0 /10 (raw 8.8)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C3.0
Today: 2
Class gap: -1.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Ripon 25/04/2026 · Pos 3rd of 7 · OR - · 6f Goo 13525/0442 @ Hamilton 17/05/2026 · Pos 1st of 6 · OR - · 6f6y Gd 13317/0524 @ Newcastle 25/07/2026 · Pos 11th of 14 · OR 81 · 6f Sta 137 · below its mark25/07/2026 · OR 81 par25/074OR 812 @ York 20/08/2026 · Pos 20th of 20 · OR 80 · 6f GS 133 · beat its mark20/08/2026 · OR 80 par20/082OR 80projClass-projected finish: 10th of 13
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-08-20York220th20th0
2026-07-25Newcastle411th13th2
2026-05-17Hamilton21st1st0
2026-04-25Ripon43rd5th2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today25/0417/0525/0720/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish11th of 1317% of fieldRange 9-13 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength10%

Delivery trend -0.6% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 11th of 13.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
25/04/20263rd7/163%67%+0.04
17/05/20261st7/282%100%+0.18
25/07/202611th28/10%23%+0.23
20/08/202620th150/10%0%0.00