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Khabib

8yo Gelding · 9-9 · OR 54

Newcastle · Selwood Handicap · 5f

#1

Rank

Odds

9/2

Win Prob

20%

Place Prob

31%

Rank

#1

★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

On a long losing run but has come down in the handicap as a result and ran his most encouraging race of the year when 2¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Invincible Crown in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 6 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Needs to build on that now.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▬ RUNS TO MARKfinishes near its mark
Move▼1
Strength60%

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.

Held its own mid-division in 2 of 3 stronger races — solid form context.

Dropping 4 class levels from its toughest race — well-positioned today.

Class-adjusted form 7.5 /10 (raw 4.6)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C5.2
Today: 6
Class gap: +0.8
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Musselburgh 23/07/2024 · Pos 3rd of 10 · OR 75 · 5f1y Gd 137 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark23/07/2024 · OR 75 par23/075OR 754 @ Thirsk 03/08/2024 · Pos 4th of 9 · OR 75 · 5f Goo 134 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark03/08/2024 · OR 75 par4 @ Thirsk 16/08/2024 · Pos 2nd of 9 · OR 73 · 5f Goo 128 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark16/08/2024 · OR 73 par16/084OR 734 @ Beverley 25/08/2024 · Pos 14th of 16 · OR 73 · 5f Goo 133 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark25/08/2024 · OR 73 par4 @ Thirsk 02/05/2026 · Pos 9th of 9 · OR 68 · 6f Goo 123 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark02/05/2026 · OR 68 par2/054OR 685 @ Thirsk 16/06/2026 · Pos 8th of 10 · OR 66 · 5f Goo 127 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark16/06/2026 · OR 66 par6 @ Thirsk 01/08/2026 · Pos 9th of 9 · OR 62 · 6f Goo 136 · below its mark01/08/2026 · OR 62 par1/086OR 626 @ Newcastle 03/09/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 57 · 5f Std 127 · below its mark03/09/2026 · OR 57 par6 @ Newcastle 19/09/2026 · Pos 4th of 9 · OR 54 · 5f Std 134 · beat its mark19/09/2026 · OR 54 par19/096OR 54projClass-projected finish: 6th 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
2026-09-19Newcastle64th4th0
2026-09-03Newcastle67th7th0
2026-08-01Thirsk69th9th0
2026-06-16Thirsk58th7th+1
2026-05-02Thirsk49th7th+2
2024-08-25Beverley414th12th+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today23/0725/081/0819/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 8100% of fieldRange 1-4 · 68%
▲ OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price
Trend▲
Strength94%

Delivery trend +2.8% per run

What the projection says

Consistently finishes ahead of what its market price implied — the model reads it well above the odds. Projected 1st of 8. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
23/07/20243rd8/158%78%+0.20
03/08/20244th13/266%63%-0.03
16/08/20242nd9/276%88%+0.11
25/08/202414th9/276%13%-0.63
02/05/20269th40/10%0%0.00
16/06/20268th28/10%22%+0.22
01/08/20269th33/10%0%0.00
03/09/20267th18/15%14%+0.09
19/09/20264th14/126%63%+0.36