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Belles Benefit

10yo Mare · 11-9 · OR 105

Warwick · Abi And Brad Divorce Handicap Hurdle · 3m 2f

#2

Rank

Odds

3/1

Win Prob

25%

Place Prob

29%

Rank

#2

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Veteran made a convincing winning return at Cartmel (2¾m) in June. Backed it up with a very good third there but only fifth of 7 returned there last time. Bounce back is needed.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
OVER-MARKEDflattered by its mark
Move
Strength26%

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. A caution, though: it has NOT been beating its handicap mark — the favourable class picture isn't yet backed by mark-adjusted finishes.

Held its own mid-division in 1 of 2 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 4.7 /10 (raw 4.1)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C4.0
Today: 4
Class gap: 0.0
Higher-class runs: 2
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Cartmel 21/07/2025 · Pos 3rd of 9 · OR 98 · 2m6f31y Sft 166 · below its mark21/07/2025 · OR 98 par21/075OR 985 @ Cartmel 23/08/2025 · Pos 3rd of 9 · OR 97 · 3m1f83y Gd 166 · below its mark23/08/2025 · OR 97 par5 @ Stratford 06/09/2025 · Pos 1st of 4 · OR 96 · 2m6f7y Goo 166 · beat its mark06/09/2025 · OR 96 par6/095OR 964 @ Warwick 23/09/2025 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR 103 · 3m2f Goo 161 · below its mark23/09/2025 · OR 103 par5 @ Fontwell 03/10/2025 · Pos 6th of 8 · OR 103 · 2m5f164y GS 166 · below its mark03/10/2025 · OR 103 par3/105OR 1035 @ Huntingdon 02/11/2025 · Pos 8th of 16 · OR 100 · 3m1f10y Gd 168 · below its mark02/11/2025 · OR 100 par5 @ Cartmel 26/06/2026 · Pos 1st of 9 · OR 97 · 2m6f31y Gd 165 · beat its mark26/06/2026 · OR 97 par26/065OR 973 @ Cartmel 18/07/2026 · Pos 3rd of 13 · OR 105 · 2m6f31y Gd 143 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark18/07/2026 · OR 105 par2 @ Cartmel 31/08/2026 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR 106 · 3m1f83y Goo 149 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark31/08/2026 · OR 106 par31/082OR 106projClass-projected finish: 1st of 5
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-08-31Cartmel25th3rd+2
2026-07-18Cartmel33rd2nd+1
2026-06-26Cartmel51st2nd1
2025-11-02Huntingdon58th9th1
2025-10-03Fontwell56th7th1
2025-09-23Warwick45th5th0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today21/0723/0926/0631/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish2nd of 575% of fieldRange 1-3 · 68%
OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend
Strength94%

Delivery trend +0.5% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 2nd of 5.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
21/07/20253rd7/163%75%+0.12
23/08/20253rd4/179%75%-0.04
06/09/20251st2/189%100%+0.11
23/09/20255th7/163%33%-0.30
03/10/20256th10/147%29%-0.19
02/11/20258th25/10%53%+0.53
26/06/20261st11/142%100%+0.58
18/07/20263rd15/261%83%+0.23
31/08/20265th4/179%33%-0.46