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2yo Gelding · 9-4 · OR 68

Newcastle · United Infrastructure EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) · 7f 14y

#2

Rank

Odds

5/1

Win Prob

13%

Place Prob

27%

Rank

#2

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Made frame first 3 starts in the spring. Off 3 months, 15/2, possibly needed run when seventh of 10 in novice at Yarmouth (7f, good) 26 days ago. Place claims making all-weather debut.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▲ BEATS ITS MARKoutruns its handicap mark
Move▼1
Strength73%

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.

Finished in the top 3 in 2 of 3 stronger races — strong class form.

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

Class-adjusted form 2.6 /10 (raw 4.0)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C2.8
Today: 4
Class gap: +1.3
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack2 @ Leicester 25/04/2026 · Pos 2nd of 12 · OR - · 5f Goo 127 · HIGHER CLASS25/0423 @ Bath 04/05/2026 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR - · 5f10y Gd 133 · HIGHER CLASS4/0532 @ Windsor 18/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 12 · OR - · 6f12y Goo 133 · HIGHER CLASS18/0524 @ Yarmouth 30/08/2026 · Pos 7th of 10 · OR 70 · 7f3y Sft 130 · beat its mark30/08/2026 · OR 70 par30/084OR 70projClass-projected finish: 2nd of 3
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-08-30Yarmouth47th7th0
2026-05-18Windsor24th2nd+2
2026-05-04Bath33rd2nd+1
2026-04-25Leicester22nd0th+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today25/044/0518/0530/08
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish4th of 1375% of fieldRange 1-13 · 68%
▲ OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend▼
Strength30%

Delivery trend -28.6% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 4th of 13. Recent form is easing off.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
25/04/20262nd33/10%91%+0.91
04/05/20263rd85/4089%78%-0.11
18/05/20264th16/116%73%+0.57
30/08/20267th15/261%33%-0.27