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Stoic Poet

3yo Gelding · 9-8 · OR 67

Ayr · Zenith Ltd Building Partnerships That Last Handicap (Div 2) · 1m

#10

Rank

Odds

14/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#10

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Best effort since finishing third in a course maiden when runner-up in 7f Haydock handicap (soft) in May. Has Kevin Stott aboard for first time since and possibly didn't take to application of first-time hood on first start against his elders here last time.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength49%

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 2 of 2 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 5.4 /10 (raw 5.1)

Highest class: 3
Recent avg: C4.7
Today: 5
Class gap: +0.3
Higher-class runs: 2
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack3 @ Carlisle 29/05/2025 · Pos 4th of 13 · OR - · 5f182y Goo 133 · HIGHER CLASS29/0534 @ Ayr 21/06/2025 · Pos 4th of 7 · OR - · 6f Gd 133 · HIGHER CLASS5 @ Ayr 07/07/2025 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR - · 7f50y Goo 1337/0754 @ Hamilton 12/08/2025 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR 73 · 6f6y Goo 133 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark12/08/2025 · OR 73 par5 @ Haydock 27/09/2025 · Pos 8th of 9 · OR 72 · 6f212y Goo 134 · below its mark27/09/2025 · OR 72 par27/095OR 724 @ Newcastle 01/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 8 · OR 69 · 6f Std 124 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark01/05/2026 · OR 69 par5 @ Haydock 21/05/2026 · Pos 2nd of 12 · OR 67 · 6f212y Sft 133 · beat its mark21/05/2026 · OR 67 par21/055OR 675 @ Musselburgh 05/06/2026 · Pos 7th of 10 · OR 68 · 7f15y Gd 133 · beat its mark05/06/2026 · OR 68 par5 @ Ayr 08/08/2026 · Pos 9th of 12 · OR 68 · 7f50y Goo 134 · beat its mark08/08/2026 · OR 68 par8/085OR 68projClass-projected finish: 8th of 11
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-08-08Ayr59th9th0
2026-06-05Musselburgh57th7th0
2026-05-21Haydock52nd2nd0
2026-05-01Newcastle44th3rd+1
2025-09-27Haydock58th8th0
2025-08-12Hamilton45th4th+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today29/0512/0821/058/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish11th of 110% of fieldRange 2-11 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength30%

Delivery trend -0.8% 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 11.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
29/05/20254th25/10%75%+0.75
21/06/20254th6/168%50%-0.18
07/07/20253rd6/168%78%+0.09
12/08/20255th9/488%33%-0.55
27/09/20258th10/147%13%-0.35
01/05/20264th16/116%57%+0.41
21/05/20262nd16/116%91%+0.75
05/06/20267th5/174%33%-0.40
08/08/20269th18/15%27%+0.22