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Captain Ryan Matt

6yo Gelding · 11-12

Galway · BOYLE Sports Shop At Galway Racecourse Beginners Chase · 2m 2f 54y

#3

Rank

Odds

9/4

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#3

★★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Much improved when notching second hurdles success at Tramore on New Year's Day and he backed that up when fourth of 21 at the Aintree Festival. Needs taking very seriously on chase bow for his successful stable.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readAT LEVEL
▼ OVER-MARKED
Move▬
Strength0%

What the class read says

Class levels are broadly matched — recent runs give an even picture at this grade. Its recent finishes fall short of what its mark implies — the rating may flatter it.

Class-adjusted form 3.5 /10 (raw 3.3)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C8.1
Today:
Class gap: 0.0
Higher-class runs: 0

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBackC8 @ Tramore 01/01/2025 · Pos 5th of 15 · OR - · 2m180y Hvy 1581/01C8C8 @ Punchestown 27/01/2025 · Pos 2nd of 16 · OR - · 2m36y Hvy 166C8 @ Gowran Park 08/03/2025 · Pos 2nd of 20 · OR - · 2m30y Sft 1668/03C8C8 @ Tramore 15/08/2025 · Pos 1st of 9 · OR 117 · 2m80y Gd 166 · beat its mark15/08/2025 · OR 117 parC8 @ Listowel 24/09/2025 · Pos 5th of 5 · OR 117 · 2m Yie 161 · below its mark24/09/2025 · OR 117 par24/09C8OR 117BHA117 @ Punchestown 15/10/2025 · Pos 6th of 12 · OR 117 · 2m4f45y Goo 158 · below its mark15/10/2025 · OR 117 parC8 @ Punchestown 23/11/2025 · Pos 3rd of 9 · OR 116 · 2m197y Sft 156 · below its mark23/11/2025 · OR 116 par23/11C8OR 116BHA116 @ Tramore 01/01/2026 · Pos 1st of 10 · OR 116 · 2m180y Sft 162 · beat its mark01/01/2026 · OR 116 par2 @ Aintree 10/04/2026 · Pos 5th of 21 · OR 132 · 2m103y Goo 165 · below its mark10/04/2026 · OR 132 par10/042OR 132projClass-projected finish: 2nd 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
2026-04-10Aintree25th5th0
2026-01-01TramoreBHA1161st1st0
2025-11-23Punchestown?3rd3rd0
2025-10-15PunchestownBHA1176th6th0
2025-09-24Listowel?5th5th0
2025-08-15Tramore?1st1st0

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today1/0115/0823/1110/04
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish3rd of 871% of fieldRange 1-6 · tight 55/100
▲ OVER-DELIVERING
Trend▬
Strength99%

Delivery trend -0.4% per run

What the projection says

Beating its price historically confirms the short-priced top pick — model and market read it the same way. Projected 3rd of 8.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
01/01/20255th17/255%71%+0.16
27/01/20252nd25/10%93%+0.93
08/03/20252nd3/184%95%+0.11
15/08/20251st8/1397%100%+0.03
24/09/20255th9/276%0%-0.76
15/10/20256th7/163%55%-0.09
23/11/20253rd11/271%75%+0.04
01/01/20261st13/891%100%+0.09
10/04/20265th25/10%80%+0.80