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Duke's Command

5yo Gelding · 10-0 · Draw 7 · OR 87

Nottingham · Jeremy Bradbeer Memorial Handicap · 1m 75y

#5

Rank

Odds

7/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#5

★★★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Won 3 times in 2025, with latest victory over 1¼m at Lingfield in December. Stepped up on return from a 5-month break to finish a creditable third of 9 in handicap at Southwell (1m) 15 days ago. Shortlist material from a mark 5 lb below his last winning one.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▲ BEATS ITS MARK
Move▼1
Strength64%

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 5 of 5 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 5.6 /10 (raw 5.7)

Highest class: 1
Recent avg: C2.7
Today: 4
Class gap: +1.3
Higher-class runs: 5
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack2 @ Lingfield 15/12/2025 · Pos 1st of 6 · OR 92 · 1m2f Std 129 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark15/12/2025 · OR 92 par15/122OR 921 @ Lingfield 31/12/2025 · Pos 3rd of 5 · OR 95 · 1m2f Std 136 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark31/12/2025 · OR 95 par2 @ Lingfield 27/02/2026 · Pos 8th of 11 · OR 95 · 1m2f Std 130 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark27/02/2026 · OR 95 par27/022OR 953 @ Wolverhampton 20/03/2026 · Pos 7th of 12 · OR 95 · 1m142y Std 135 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark20/03/2026 · OR 95 par2 @ Newcastle 03/04/2026 · Pos 6th of 14 · OR 94 · 1m2f42y Std 126 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark03/04/2026 · OR 94 par3/042OR 942 @ Epsom Downs 28/04/2026 · Pos 5th of 6 · OR 93 · 1m2f17y Gd 128 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark28/04/2026 · OR 93 par2 @ York 14/05/2026 · Pos 14th of 18 · OR 91 · 7f192y Gd 120 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark14/05/2026 · OR 91 par14/052OR 913 @ York 06/09/2026 · Pos 8th of 15 · OR 89 · 1m2f56y GS 136 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark06/09/2026 · OR 89 par4 @ Southwell 22/09/2026 · Pos 3rd of 9 · OR 87 · 1m13y Std 142 · beat its mark22/09/2026 · OR 87 par22/094OR 87projClass-projected finish: 6th of 9
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseClsPosAdjGap
2026-09-22Southwell43rd3rd0
2026-09-06York38th7th+1
2026-05-14York214th12th+2
2026-04-28Epsom Downs25th3rd+2
2026-04-03Newcastle26th4th+2
2026-03-20Wolverhampton37th6th+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today15/1220/0314/0522/09
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish6th of 938% of fieldRange 1-6 · tight 60/100
▬ EDGING AHEAD
Trend▬
Strength72%

Delivery trend +1.6% per run

What the projection says

Edging ahead of its price lately — not a standalone signal; it only counts alongside a short-priced top pick. Projected 6th of 9.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
15/12/20251st3/184%100%+0.16
31/12/20253rd12/137%50%+0.13
27/02/20268th9/276%30%-0.46
20/03/20267th8/158%45%-0.12
03/04/20266th12/137%62%+0.25
28/04/20265th10/147%20%-0.27
14/05/202614th33/10%24%+0.24
06/09/20268th11/142%50%+0.08
22/09/20263rd7/163%75%+0.12