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Dinons

13yo Gelding · 11-8 · OR 104

Hexham · El Tel's 61 Racecourse's & Done Handicap Hurdle · 2m 4f 28y

#2

Rank

Odds

16/1

Win Prob

3%

Place Prob

11%

Rank

#2

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Veteran C&D winner who has finished down the field at Cartmel/Stratford since his reappearance third here in June. May fare better away from those speed-favouring tracks, for all it's still hard to be confident he can capitalise on a tumbling mark.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▼ OVER-MARKEDflattered by its mark
Move▬
Strength34%

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

Class-adjusted form 4.1 /10 (raw 3.9)

Highest class: 1
Recent avg: C3.7
Today: 4
Class gap: +0.3
Higher-class runs: 2
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack3 @ Hexham 14/06/2025 · Pos 8th of 10 · OR 125 · 2m4f28y Goo 163 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark14/06/2025 · OR 125 par14/063OR 1254 @ Sedgefield 04/09/2025 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 121 · 3m3f9y Gd 169 · below its mark04/09/2025 · OR 121 par4 @ Uttoxeter 16/09/2025 · Pos 5th of 11 · OR 116 · 2m7f70y Gd 166 · below its mark16/09/2025 · OR 116 par16/094OR 1163 @ Hexham 11/10/2025 · Pos 3rd of 5 · OR 114 · 2m7f63y Gd 155 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark11/10/2025 · OR 114 par4 @ Newcastle 14/11/2025 · Pos 2nd of 7 · OR 112 · 2m7f149y Goo 161 · below its mark14/11/2025 · OR 112 par14/114OR 1123 @ Newcastle 29/11/2025 · Pos 3rd of 6 · OR 114 · 2m4f62y Goo 143 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark29/11/2025 · OR 114 par4 @ Hexham 06/06/2026 · Pos 3rd of 6 · OR 112 · 2m7f63y Gd 167 · below its mark06/06/2026 · OR 112 par6/064OR 1123 @ Cartmel 18/07/2026 · Pos 8th of 13 · OR 110 · 2m6f31y Gd 148 · HIGHER CLASS · below its mark18/07/2026 · OR 110 par4 @ Stratford 05/09/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 107 · 2m6f7y Goo 156 · below its mark05/09/2026 · OR 107 par5/094OR 107projClass-projected finish: 5th 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
2026-09-05Stratford47th7th0
2026-07-18Cartmel38th7th+1
2026-06-06Hexham43rd3rd0
2025-12-11Newcastle40
2025-11-29Newcastle33rd2nd+1
2025-11-14Newcastle42nd2nd0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today14/0611/106/065/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish3rd of 1078% of fieldRange 5-10 · 68%
▼ SLIPPINGslightly under its price
Trend▲
Strength20%

Delivery trend +2.9% per run

What the projection says

Slipping just behind its market price recently. Projected 3rd of 10. Recent form is on the up.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
14/06/20258th10/147%22%-0.25
04/09/20257th11/271%14%-0.57
16/09/20255th12/137%60%+0.23
11/10/20253rd13/266%50%-0.16
14/11/20252nd3/184%83%-0.01
29/11/20253rd7/282%60%-0.22
06/06/20263rd9/153%60%+0.07
18/07/20268th28/10%42%+0.42
05/09/20267th15/261%14%-0.46