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Dacres Cross

3yo Gelding · 9-6 · OR 62

Newcastle · Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap · 1m 5y

#10

Rank

Odds

8/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#10

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Fair 6f juvenile winner who stepped up markedly on his reappearance when fourth in 20-runner York handicap over this trip in May. Unable to replicate that confined to 3 starts since, including when taking on his elders for the first time when 2½ lengths fifth of 14 to Ice Cube at Ayr on latest.

Class Advantage Projection

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

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

Class-adjusted form 5.3 /10 (raw 6.2)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C4.8
Today: 6
Class gap: +1.2
Higher-class runs: 5
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack4 @ Carlisle 12/08/2025 · Pos 1st of 5 · OR 70 · 5f182y Goo 126 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark12/08/2025 · OR 70 par12/084OR 702 @ York 20/08/2025 · Pos 17th of 19 · OR 70 · 6f Goo 117 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark20/08/2025 · OR 70 par4 @ Doncaster 12/09/2025 · Pos 7th of 15 · OR 74 · 6f2y Goo 124 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark12/09/2025 · OR 74 par12/094OR 745 @ Pontefract 06/10/2025 · Pos 6th of 10 · OR 73 · 6f Sft 135 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark06/10/2025 · OR 73 par4 @ Wetherby 26/04/2026 · Pos 11th of 11 · OR 72 · 7f Goo 122 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark26/04/2026 · OR 72 par26/044OR 724 @ York 23/05/2026 · Pos 4th of 20 · OR 70 · 7f Goo 125 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark23/05/2026 · OR 70 par5 @ Catterick 08/07/2026 · Pos 5th of 9 · OR 68 · 7f6y GF 131 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark08/07/2026 · OR 68 par8/075OR 685 @ Southwell 31/08/2026 · Pos 9th of 10 · OR 65 · 1m13y Std 130 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark31/08/2026 · OR 65 par6 @ Ayr 17/09/2026 · Pos 5th of 14 · OR 63 · 7f50y Sft 134 · beat its mark17/09/2026 · OR 63 par17/096OR 63projClass-projected finish: 8th of 10
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-09-17Ayr65th5th0
2026-08-31Southwell59th8th+1
2026-07-08Catterick55th4th+1
2026-05-23York44th2nd+2
2026-04-26Wetherby411th9th+2
2025-10-06Pontefract56th5th+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today12/086/108/0717/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish7th of 1033% of fieldRange 1-9 · 68%
▬ OVER-DELIVERINGfinishes above its price — informational only
Trend▬
Strength76%

Delivery trend +0.4% per run

What the projection says

Finishes ahead of its price historically, but the delivery record alone does not predict today's finish — it only counts alongside a short-priced top pick. Projected 7th of 10.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
12/08/20251st7/282%100%+0.18
20/08/202517th33/10%11%+0.11
12/09/20257th80/10%57%+0.57
06/10/20256th9/276%44%-0.32
26/04/202611th18/15%0%-0.05
23/05/20264th80/10%84%+0.84
08/07/20265th4/179%50%-0.29
31/08/20269th11/142%11%-0.31
17/09/20265th25/10%69%+0.69