1

City Captain

4yo Gelding · 10-2 · OR 82

Hamilton · Get Closer With A RacingTV Free Trial Handicap · 6f 6y

#1

Rank

Odds

5/2

Win Prob

98%

Place Prob

82%

Rank

#1

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Progressed throughout 2025, winning 4 times. Shaped well on his first 3 outings of this season prior to making light of a 3-month break to winning a 10-runner handicap at this C&D (good, 3/1) 31 days ago. Still hasn't had much racing this season and he's shortlisted after 4 lb rise.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCOMPETITIVE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move
Strength26%

What the class read says

Class levels are broadly matched — recent runs give an even picture at this grade. Crucially, it keeps finishing ahead of what its handicap mark implies — it looks ahead of the handicapper.

Class-adjusted form 3.0 /10 (raw 3.6)

Highest class: 4
Recent avg: C4.2
Today: 4
Class gap: -0.2
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack6 @ Hamilton 26/06/2025 · Pos 1st of 6 · OR 57 · 6f6y Gd 130 · beat its mark26/06/2025 · OR 57 par26/066OR 574 @ Southwell 28/08/2025 · Pos 4th of 14 · OR 68 · 6f16y Std 123 · beat its mark28/08/2025 · OR 68 par4 @ Doncaster 12/09/2025 · Pos 9th of 15 · OR 71 · 6f2y Goo 126 · beat its mark12/09/2025 · OR 71 par12/094OR 714 @ Pontefract 25/09/2025 · Pos 3rd of 14 · OR 70 · 6f GS 128 · beat its mark25/09/2025 · OR 70 par5 @ Pontefract 06/10/2025 · Pos 1st of 13 · OR 70 · 6f Sft 132 · beat its mark06/10/2025 · OR 70 par6/105OR 704 @ Newcastle 27/03/2026 · Pos 6th of 11 · OR 78 · 7f14y Std 129 · beat its mark27/03/2026 · OR 78 par4 @ Thirsk 18/04/2026 · Pos 2nd of 13 · OR 78 · 7f Goo 128 · beat its mark18/04/2026 · OR 78 par18/044OR 784 @ Haydock 09/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 10 · OR 78 · 6f212y Gd 128 · beat its mark09/05/2026 · OR 78 par4 @ Hamilton 21/08/2026 · Pos 1st of 10 · OR 78 · 6f6y GS 138 · beat its mark21/08/2026 · OR 78 par21/084OR 78projClass-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
2026-08-21Hamilton41st1st0
2026-05-09Haydock44th4th0
2026-04-18Thirsk42nd2nd0
2026-03-27Newcastle46th6th0
2025-10-06Pontefract51st2nd1
2025-09-25Pontefract43rd3rd0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today26/0625/0918/0421/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 8100% of fieldRange 1-3 · 68%
EDGING AHEADslightly over its price
Trend
Strength92%

Delivery trend +0.9% per run

What the projection says

Edging in front of its market price lately. Projected 1st of 8.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
26/06/20251st4/596%100%+0.04
28/08/20254th8/158%77%+0.19
12/09/20259th7/282%43%-0.39
25/09/20253rd85/4089%85%-0.04
06/10/20251st6/492%100%+0.08
27/03/20266th8/158%50%-0.08
18/04/20262nd6/168%92%+0.23
09/05/20264th3/184%67%-0.18
21/08/20261st3/184%100%+0.16