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Grace Faraday

8yo Mare · 10-13 · OR 98

Galway · Guinness Mares Handicap Hurdle · 2m 6f 60y

#1

Rank

Odds

10/3

Win Prob

90%

Place Prob

71%

Rank

#1

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Temperamental sort but dropped to last previous winning mark and seen to good effect when landing big-field handicap here a month ago (2¾m). Overall profile doesn't mark her out as an obvious follow-up contender for all she was second in this last year.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▼ OVER-MARKED
Move▬
Strength22%

What the class read says

Ran competitively despite going/trip that didn't suit it, at this same level — those runs look worse on paper than they were. Back in its own suited conditions today. A caution, though: it has NOT been beating its handicap mark — the favourable class picture isn't yet backed by mark-adjusted finishes.

Class-adjusted form 3.4 /10 (raw 5.6)

Highest class:
Recent avg: C9.2
Today:
Class gap: 0.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBackBHA96 @ Kilbeggan 25/04/2025 · Pos 8th of 15 · OR 96 · 2m3f100y Yie 154 · below its mark25/04/2025 · OR 96 par25/0496OR 96BHA95 @ Clonmel 06/06/2025 · Pos 8th of 16 · OR 95 · 2m3f203y Goo 151 · below its mark06/06/2025 · OR 95 parBHA93 @ Roscommon 05/08/2025 · Pos 15th of 16 · OR 93 · 3m Goo 149 · below its mark05/08/2025 · OR 93 par5/0893OR 93BHA90 @ Galway 07/10/2025 · Pos 2nd of 5 · OR 90 · 2m6f60y Yie 140 · below its mark07/10/2025 · OR 90 parBHA90 @ Galway 25/10/2025 · Pos 1st of 16 · OR 90 · 3m Yie 158 · beat its mark25/10/2025 · OR 90 par25/1090OR 90BHA94 @ Limerick 18/11/2025 · Pos 4th of 12 · OR 94 · 3m100y Hvy 162 · below its mark18/11/2025 · OR 94 parBHA93 @ Cork 03/01/2026 · Pos 5th of 7 · OR 93 · 2m4f Yie 142 · below its mark03/01/2026 · OR 93 par3/0193OR 93BHA92 @ Limerick 10/02/2026 · Pos 6th of 14 · OR 92 · 2m5f Hvy 160 · below its mark10/02/2026 · OR 92 parBHA90 @ Galway 07/09/2026 · Pos 1st of 19 · OR 90 · 2m6f97y Yie 158 · beat its mark07/09/2026 · OR 90 par7/0990OR 90projClass-projected finish: 3rd of 7
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-09-07GalwayBHA901st1st0
2026-05-22Downpatrick?0
2026-02-10LimerickBHA926th6th0
2026-01-03CorkBHA935th5th0
2025-11-18LimerickBHA944th4th0
2025-10-25GalwayBHA901st1st0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today25/047/103/017/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish1st of 7100% of fieldRange 1-4 · tight 68/100
▬ OVER-DELIVERING
Trend▬
Strength100%

Delivery trend +0.9% 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 1st of 7.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
25/04/20258th14/126%50%+0.24
06/06/20258th28/10%53%+0.53
05/08/202515th25/10%7%+0.07
07/10/20252nd7/282%75%-0.07
25/10/20251st17/255%100%+0.45
18/11/20254th8/158%73%+0.15
03/01/20265th9/276%33%-0.43
10/02/20266th8/158%62%+0.04
07/09/20261st18/15%100%+0.95