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Love Rome

2yo Colt · 9-8 · Draw 5 · OR 74

Southwell · bettingsites.co.uk Best Betting Offers Nursery · 1m 13y

#6

Rank

Odds

16/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

3%

Rank

#6

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

St Mark's Basilica colt who went close on his 7f Leicester nursery debut but needs to shrug off a lesser run at Doncaster in cheekpieces (quickly discarded) since.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▲ BEATS ITS MARK
Move▼2
Strength74%

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.

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 1.8 /10 (raw 3.5)

Highest class: 3
Recent avg: C3.5
Today: 5
Class gap: +1.5
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack3 @ Newmarket 20/06/2026 · Pos 3rd of 5 · OR - · 7f Goo 130 · HIGHER CLASS20/0633 @ Ayr 13/07/2026 · Pos 2nd of 5 · OR - · 7f50y Goo 133 · HIGHER CLASS13/0735 @ Leicester 09/08/2026 · Pos 2nd of 6 · OR 75 · 7f GF 135 · beat its mark09/08/2026 · OR 75 par9/085OR 753 @ Doncaster 10/09/2026 · Pos 7th of 8 · OR 77 · 7f6y Goo 118 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark10/09/2026 · OR 77 par10/093OR 77projClass-projected finish: 4th 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
2026-09-10Doncaster37th5th+2
2026-08-09Leicester52nd2nd0
2026-07-13Ayr32nd0th+2
2026-06-20Newmarket33rd1st+2

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today20/0613/079/0810/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish8th of 1022% of fieldRange 6-10 · tight 63/100
▬ OVER-DELIVERING
Trend▼
Strength8%

Delivery trend -6.0% 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 8th of 10. Recent form is easing off.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
20/06/20263rd16/116%50%+0.34
13/07/20262nd3/184%75%-0.09
09/08/20262nd2/189%80%-0.09
10/09/20267th22/10%14%+0.14