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Horace Wallace

3yo Gelding · 9-6 · OR 69

Wolverhampton · GE Starr Engineering...The Brightest Spark Handicap · 6f 20y

#1

Rank

Odds

10/3

Win Prob

83%

Place Prob

58%

Rank

#1

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Very well backed in a visor for the first time when opening his account in handicaps at Lingfield 17 days ago. Up 4 lb in a better race but he's well drawn and is expected to be a factor again.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength54%

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

Class-adjusted form 5.4 /10 (raw 5.0)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C4.5
Today: 5
Class gap: +0.5
Higher-class runs: 2
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Newcastle 20/11/2025 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR - · 6f Std 13320/1154 @ Wolverhampton 08/12/2025 · Pos 3rd of 8 · OR - · 6f20y Std 133 · HIGHER CLASS4 @ Wolverhampton 02/02/2026 · Pos 1st of 5 · OR - · 6f20y Std 127 · HIGHER CLASS2/0242 @ Lingfield 27/02/2026 · Pos 8th of 12 · OR 75 · 6f1y Std 114 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark27/02/2026 · OR 75 par5 @ Wolverhampton 13/03/2026 · Pos 7th of 9 · OR 73 · 5f21y Std 133 · below its mark13/03/2026 · OR 73 par13/035OR 734 @ Hamilton 17/05/2026 · Pos 12th of 14 · OR 71 · 6f6y Gd 121 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark17/05/2026 · OR 71 par5 @ Ayr 20/06/2026 · Pos 4th of 8 · OR 68 · 7f50y Sft 133 · beat its mark20/06/2026 · OR 68 par20/065OR 685 @ Haydock 08/08/2026 · Pos 4th of 8 · OR 66 · 6f212y Goo 130 · beat its mark08/08/2026 · OR 66 par6 @ Lingfield 01/09/2026 · Pos 1st of 8 · OR 65 · 6f1y Std 136 · beat its mark01/09/2026 · OR 65 par1/096OR 65projClass-projected finish: 4th of 10
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-09-01Lingfield61st2nd1
2026-08-08Haydock54th4th0
2026-06-20Ayr54th4th0
2026-05-17Hamilton412th11th+1
2026-03-13Wolverhampton57th7th0
2026-02-27Lingfield28th4th+3

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today20/1127/0220/061/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 10100% of fieldRange 1-4 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength100%

Delivery trend +6.0% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 1st of 10. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
20/11/20255th7/491%33%-0.57
08/12/20253rd4/179%71%-0.08
02/02/20261st3/184%100%+0.16
27/02/20268th10/147%36%-0.11
13/03/20267th9/488%25%-0.63
17/05/202612th33/10%15%+0.15
20/06/20264th11/271%57%-0.14
08/08/20264th14/126%57%+0.31
01/09/20261st9/488%100%+0.12