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Flying Moonlight

3yo Gelding · 8-9 · OR 50

Hamilton · Hampton By Hilton Hamilton Park Handicap · 1m 4f 15y

#4

Rank

Odds

6/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#4

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Little impact in 3 novices last year for Gary Rutherford but has placed in a trio of starts for current yard this season, going close to justifying support when runner-up in classified event at Ayr (1¼m) 6 weeks ago. Task is to continue his progress up in trip.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength61%

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 3 of 3 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 4.0 /10 (raw 4.8)

Highest class: 4
Recent avg: C5.3
Today: 6
Class gap: +0.7
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Carlisle 04/08/2025 · Pos 7th of 7 · OR - · 5f182y Goo 126 · HIGHER CLASS4/0845 @ Redcar 23/08/2025 · Pos 7th of 10 · OR - · 5f217y Goo 128 · HIGHER CLASS23/0855 @ Catterick 01/10/2025 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR - · 7f6y Sft 128 · HIGHER CLASS1/1056 @ Ayr 19/06/2026 · Pos 3rd of 9 · OR 48 · 1m Sft 119 · beat its mark19/06/2026 · OR 48 par19/066OR 486 @ Ayr 06/07/2026 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR 48 · 1m Gd 118 · beat its mark06/07/2026 · OR 48 par6/076OR 486 @ Ayr 08/08/2026 · Pos 2nd of 12 · OR 48 · 1m2f Goo 127 · beat its mark08/08/2026 · OR 48 par8/086OR 48projClass-projected finish: 1st 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
2026-08-08Ayr62nd2nd0
2026-07-06Ayr63rd3rd0
2026-06-19Ayr63rd3rd0
2025-10-01Catterick57th6th+1
2025-08-23Redcar57th6th+1
2025-08-04Carlisle47th5th+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today4/0823/081/1019/066/078/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish3rd of 871% of fieldRange 1-4 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength85%

Delivery trend -0.3% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 3rd of 8.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
04/08/20257th100/10%0%0.00
23/08/20257th150/10%33%+0.33
01/10/20257th66/10%14%+0.14
19/06/20263rd12/137%75%+0.38
06/07/20263rd15/261%78%+0.17
08/08/20262nd9/488%91%+0.03