Fairlawn Skipper is winless in his last five starts but the finishing positions have been tightening, with thirds four and five starts back the form to note. Forty-four days since that run, and with today's going already experienced, a rating of 108 puts him firmly among the leading dangers — the query is fitness following that lengthy absence.
Form last 6334-90
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
81SR—RPR100OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 81 suggests ability but 17/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Fourofakind is winless in his last five starts and hasn't run in 120 days, but a rating of 113 — second-highest in this field — shows what he's capable of on his day. He does have today's going already under his belt, and on that figure he's a leading danger, provided the long layoff hasn't blunted him.
Form last 6956P7-
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
70SR—RPR97OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 70 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 16/1.
Lelantos won five starts back, and was third four starts back, form that underpins a rating of 100 in this field. Fifty-seven days since he was last seen, but with today's trip and going both already banked, he's a fair danger to note — the long layoff is the obvious question mark.
Form last 6134P-4
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
79SR—RPR95OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 79 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Les's Destiny Star heads our ratings on 115, despite a stop-start recent sequence that includes two runs where he failed to complete. A third three starts back, and a fourth four starts back, tell a better story than that suggests, and he already has today's going in his locker — the pulled-up efforts are the one thing to note against him.
Form last 6843-PP
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
60SR—RPR92OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 20/1.
Matoury won last time out, and won again two starts back, a smart recent spell that sits oddly with a rating of just 91 in this field. Fifteen days since that latest success, and with today's trip and going both already banked, the question is whether that form translates against this calibre of rival.
Form last 67P-311
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
94SR—RPR91OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 94 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Top Flight Century is winless in his last five starts but has stayed in touch, with a third last time out the highlight. Eighteen days since that run, and with today's trip and going already banked, a rating of 94 keeps him competitive in this field, though he needs to find more to threaten the front rank.
Form last 6P6-453
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
81SR—RPR90OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 81 suggests ability but 15/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Masterminding is winless in his last five starts but has shown ability, finishing third last time out, and second two starts back. Twenty-two days since that run, and with today's trip and going already banked, a rating of 91 keeps him in the mix, though the finishes further back are more modest.
Form last 6676-23
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
89SR—RPR86OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 89 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Katzoff sits bottom of our ratings on 80 and is winless in his last five starts, including two runs where he failed to complete. There is a second three starts back to point to, and he already has today's going under his belt, but on this figure he has a great deal to find against this field.
Form last 60P2-6P
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
73SR—RPR79OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 73 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Zuul is winless in his last five starts and rates only 82, second-bottom of this field, though thirds two starts back, and five starts back, show he does have some ability. Thirty-eight days since that run, and with today's trip and going already banked, he needs to find more to be competitive here.
Form last 63P4-35
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
71SR—RPR75OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 71 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Masterminding owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (49) and market confidence (88). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
5/2James MoffattLeah Noreci(7)
65%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Matoury
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
4/1 · Mike Sowersby✓ Value Signal
Les's Destiny Star
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
22/1 · Ewan Whillans◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Matoury (SR:94, 4/1) is the highest-rated horse in the field by a clear margin and arrives on the back of two consecutive wins (form reads 311 right-to-left), confirming peak form. Both DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ are confirmed, meaning today's 2m6f trip on Good ground is directly in his wheelhouse — a rare alignment in a field where most rivals show '?' across those columns. The 19% market move inward is meaningful given the trainer's modest 7% strike rate; money is clearly coming for the horse rather than the yard. The 4lb rise in the handicap mark (MarkMv:+4) is a legitimate concern, but at 11-5 he carries less weight than the four horses ahead of him in the weights while being the form pick, giving him a useful lbs advantage over the field's SR leader.
Each-way alternative: Masterminding.
Main danger: Masterminding — Masterminding (SR:89, 5/2) has course form (W0P2 at Cartmel), has shortened 19% in the market alongside Matoury, and carries a favourable 11-0 — if his unproven distance record (DistFit:?) turns out to suit, he is capable of reversing the SR gap on weight and course familiarity alone.