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Celtic Druid

5yo Gelding · 9-3 · OR 69

Dundalk · Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Now Apprentice Handicap · 1m 4f

#4

Rank

Odds

12/1

Win Prob

11%

Place Prob

15%

Rank

#4

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Scored twice over C&D on first 2 starts this season. Has continued in good heart since, seventh of 11 at Leopardstown (13f, good) last month. Respected back here.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
RUNS TO MARKfinishes near its mark
Move
Strength45%

What the class read says

Ran competitively despite going/trip that didn't suit it, at this same level — those runs look worse on paper than they were. Back in its own suited conditions today.

Class-adjusted form 4.0 /10 (raw 6.7)

Highest class: BHA40
Recent avg: C6.4
Today:
Class gap: 0.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBackBHA49 @ Dundalk 05/11/2025 · Pos 5th of 12 · OR 49 · 1m2f150y Std 131 · beat its mark05/11/2025 · OR 49 par5/1149OR 49BHA48 @ Dundalk 19/11/2025 · Pos 7th of 14 · OR 48 · 1m2f150y Std 130 · beat its mark19/11/2025 · OR 48 parBHA48 @ Dundalk 06/03/2026 · Pos 1st of 14 · OR 48 · 1m4f Std 130 · beat its mark06/03/2026 · OR 48 par6/0348OR 48BHA53 @ Dundalk 10/04/2026 · Pos 1st of 12 · OR 53 · 1m4f Std 136 · beat its mark10/04/2026 · OR 53 parBHA62 @ Navan 25/04/2026 · Pos 4th of 20 · OR 62 · 1m5f Goo 132 · beat its mark25/04/2026 · OR 62 par25/0462OR 62BHA65 @ Gowran Park 20/05/2026 · Pos 7th of 13 · OR 65 · 1m5f170y Goo 137 · below its mark20/05/2026 · OR 65 parBHA65 @ Curragh 26/06/2026 · Pos 3rd of 14 · OR 65 · 1m4f Goo 125 · beat its mark26/06/2026 · OR 65 par26/0665OR 65BHA67 @ Dundalk 12/07/2026 · Pos 2nd of 11 · OR 67 · 1m4f Std 140 · beat its mark12/07/2026 · OR 67 parBHA70 @ Leopardstown 20/08/2026 · Pos 7th of 11 · OR 70 · 1m5f Goo 130 · below its mark20/08/2026 · OR 70 par20/0870OR 70projClass-projected finish: 2nd 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
2026-08-20LeopardstownBHA707th7th0
2026-07-12DundalkBHA672nd2nd0
2026-06-26CurraghBHA653rd3rd0
2026-05-20Gowran ParkBHA657th7th0
2026-04-25NavanBHA624th4th0
2026-04-10DundalkBHA531st1st0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today5/1110/0426/0620/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish4th of 1170% of fieldRange 1-10 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength57%

Delivery trend -1.1% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 4th of 11.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
05/11/20255th12/137%64%+0.27
19/11/20257th17/255%54%-0.01
06/03/20261st12/137%100%+0.63
10/04/20261st5/174%100%+0.26
25/04/20264th11/142%84%+0.42
20/05/20267th5/174%50%-0.24
26/06/20263rd18/15%85%+0.79
12/07/20262nd9/276%90%+0.14
20/08/20267th12/137%40%+0.03