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Barley

7yo Gelding · 9-9 · Draw 11 · OR 70

Newmarket · Munich's Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Handicap · 1m

#3

Rank

Odds

16/1

Win Prob

0%

Place Prob

0%

Rank

#3

★★★ Timeform

Commentary

Ended long losing run at Carlisle (1m) last month and has posted solid efforts in defeats since, latest when sixth of 14 in handicap at Redcar (1m, good to soft, 40/1) 27 days ago. Each-way claims.

Class Advantage Projection

Class readCLASS EDGE
▲ BEATS ITS MARK
Move▼1
Strength69%

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 3 of 3 stronger races — solid form context.

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

Class-adjusted form 4.2 /10 (raw 5.3)

Highest class: 2
Recent avg: C4.2
Today: 5
Class gap: +0.8
Higher-class runs: 3
Stronger class form context

Handicap Mark vs Finish

FrontBack5 @ Thirsk 16/07/2026 · Pos 3rd of 6 · OR 68 · 7f218y Goo 128 · beat its mark16/07/2026 · OR 68 par16/075OR 684 @ York 25/07/2026 · Pos 3rd of 15 · OR 68 · 7f192y Goo 124 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark25/07/2026 · OR 68 par4 @ Redcar 08/08/2026 · Pos 2nd of 14 · OR 69 · 7f219y Goo 131 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark08/08/2026 · OR 69 par8/084OR 694 @ Ripon 15/08/2026 · Pos 4th of 10 · OR 69 · 1m Goo 126 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark15/08/2026 · OR 69 par5 @ Carlisle 19/08/2026 · Pos 4th of 9 · OR 69 · 7f173y Sft 141 · beat its mark19/08/2026 · OR 69 par19/085OR 694 @ York 06/09/2026 · Pos 13th of 19 · OR 68 · 7f192y GS 125 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark06/09/2026 · OR 68 par5 @ Carlisle 09/09/2026 · Pos 1st of 9 · OR 68 · 7f173y Goo 133 · beat its mark09/09/2026 · OR 68 par9/095OR 685 @ Ayr 17/09/2026 · Pos 3rd of 13 · OR 68 · 1m Sft 137 · beat its mark17/09/2026 · OR 68 par2 @ Redcar 03/10/2026 · Pos 6th of 14 · OR 71 · 7f219y Gd 120 · HIGHER CLASS · beat its mark03/10/2026 · OR 71 par3/102OR 71projClass-projected finish: 3rd of 15
Mark par — where its OR said it should finishActual finishProjected finish today — green strong → red weakDot colour = race gradeRing = higher class than today
DateCourseJockeyClsPosAdjGap
2026-10-03RedcarD Fentiman26th2nd+3
2026-09-17AyrD Allan53rd3rd0
2026-09-09CarlisleD Fentiman51st1st0
2026-09-06YorkOlivia Haines413th12th+1
2026-08-19CarlisleSean Kirrane54th4th0
2026-08-15RiponSean Kirrane44th3rd+1

Position-In-Market Trend

0255075100today16/0715/089/093/10
Expected Actual Regression 68% CI
Projected finish4th of 1579% of fieldRange 3-15 · tight 40/100
▬ OVER-DELIVERING
Trend▬
Strength40%

Delivery trend +1.5% 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 4th of 15.

DatePosSPExpActΔ
16/07/20263rd9/276%60%-0.16
25/07/20263rd25/10%86%+0.86
08/08/20262nd11/271%92%+0.21
15/08/20264th13/266%67%+0.01
19/08/20264th7/282%63%-0.19
06/09/202613th8/158%33%-0.25
09/09/20261st4/179%100%+0.21
17/09/20263rd7/163%83%+0.20
03/10/20266th40/10%62%+0.62