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Black Missile

3yo Gelding · 9-9 · OR 60

Beverley · John Allinson 90th Birthday Handicap · 5f

#6

Rank

Odds

2/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#6

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Maiden who was noted doing good late work when sixth in a C&D handicap 2 starts back and went through his race better without seeing his race out when filling same spot at Leicester (5f) 2 weeks ago. Mark has eased a little more ahead of this, so one to bear in mind for shrewd stable.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move1
Strength65%

What the class read says

The stable looks to have run this horse in stronger races to keep its official rating low — today's class drop may be intentional. Worth watching at a price. Crucially, it keeps finishing ahead of what its handicap mark implies — it looks ahead of the handicapper.

Held its own mid-division in 4 of 5 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 3.6 /10 (raw 4.5)

Highest class: 4
Recent avg: C5.0
Today: 6
Class gap: +1.0
Higher-class runs: 5
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Leicester 07/10/2025 · Pos 3rd of 7 · OR - · 5f GS 133 · HIGHER CLASS7/1055 @ Southwell 31/10/2025 · Pos 4th of 7 · OR - · 6f16y Std 131 · HIGHER CLASS4 @ Newcastle 26/11/2025 · Pos 4th of 5 · OR - · 5f Std 133 · HIGHER CLASS26/1145 @ Beverley 04/05/2026 · Pos 5th of 14 · OR 70 · 5f Goo 130 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark04/05/2026 · OR 70 par5 @ Ripon 28/05/2026 · Pos 5th of 11 · OR 68 · 6f Goo 134 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark28/05/2026 · OR 68 par28/055OR 685 @ Nottingham 17/07/2026 · Pos 3rd of 7 · OR 66 · 6f18y Goo 131 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark17/07/2026 · OR 66 par5 @ Beverley 12/08/2026 · Pos 6th of 10 · OR 64 · 5f Goo 124 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark12/08/2026 · OR 64 par12/085OR 646 @ Leicester 08/09/2026 · Pos 6th of 11 · OR 62 · 5f GS 134 · beat its mark08/09/2026 · OR 62 par8/096OR 62projClass-projected finish: 3rd of 6
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-09-08Leicester66th6th0
2026-08-12Beverley56th5th+1
2026-07-17Nottingham53rd2nd+1
2026-05-28Ripon55th4th+1
2026-05-04Beverley55th4th+1
2025-11-26Newcastle44th2nd+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today7/104/0512/088/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish5th of 620% of fieldRange 1-4 · 68%
SLIPPINGslightly under its price
Trend
Strength78%

Delivery trend -2.3% per run

What the projection says

Slipping just behind its market price recently. Projected 5th of 6. Recent form is easing off.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
07/10/20253rd14/126%67%+0.40
31/10/20254th11/271%50%-0.21
26/11/20254th4/179%25%-0.54
04/05/20265th14/126%69%+0.43
28/05/20265th7/163%60%-0.03
17/07/20263rd10/147%67%+0.19
12/08/20266th12/137%44%+0.08
08/09/20266th10/382%50%-0.32