Captain Cess arrives on the back of a win last time out and has run over today's trip and going, yet he carries 138 lb from stall 2 and his speed rating of 54 suggests he may need to find more to confirm that recent improvement.
Form last 606-231
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68SR—RPR59OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 68 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Miss Rainbow brings strong recent form — third two starts back and third three starts back — and has run over today's trip and going, while 11 days ago keeps her fresh; the worry is that fourth last time out suggests she just held form, and 137 lb is a stern burden to overcome.
Form last 6210334
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60SR—RPR58OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 suggests ability but 5/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Barmyblade won last time out and has experience of today's trip and conditions, but a cold trainer strike-rate of just 3% over the past fortnight is a notable concern for a gelding rated 57 heading out from stall 8.
Form last 6082101
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66SR—RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 66 suggests ability but 5/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Lucius Aurelius ran third three starts back and struck in the fifth start listed, giving him a mix of promise and patchy recent form; he has run over today's distance and going, arrives fresh on 20 days' rest, and our rating of 63 puts him second of the eight, though the 136 lb burden is the obvious risk.
Form last 6010389
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42SR—RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 42 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 16/1.
Howzak has been beaten out of the first four in three straight starts and, ranked last on our figures, makes no appeal at the weights. He has run over today's trip and going, and the 13-day turnaround suggests he's fit, but that's the limit of the case for him.
Form last 6-14886
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30SR—RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 30 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 40/1.
Call Glory has been a model of consistency, finishing second twice in his last three starts, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions. Yet to score in recent starts, but drawn six carrying 135 lb, his rating of 64 marks him as the one to beat here.
Form last 6235622
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57SR—RPR56OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 57 suggests ability but 6/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Enjoy The Night showed his best in recent starts when third last time out, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions — the main concern is that he's been winless in his last five starts.
Form last 6597-53
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60SR—RPR56OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 suggests ability but 5/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Ranked seventh of eight on our figures, Battenburg Belle is hard to fancy at the head of affairs, though she does arrive fit on a nine-day turnaround, has run over today's trip and going, and showed she can win when taking a race three starts back. Fifth two starts back is the concern.
Form last 6222153
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60SR—RPR51OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Captain Cess owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (38) and market confidence (90). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
9/4Declan CarrollZak Wheatley
72%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Call Glory
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
6/1 · Ian Williams✓ Value Signal
Howzak
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
40/1 · Liam Bailey◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Captain Cess (SR 68, 9/4) is the highest-rated horse in this Class 6 sprint and arrives in form — a recent 1 on the form string (last run) with a 2 and 3 also in recent starts showing consistent improvement. Carrying 9-12 as top-weight is a concern, but in a Class 6 field where the SR gap between him and rivals (next best at SR 66) is meaningful rather than marginal, the weight burden is manageable. Declan Carroll's 11% strike rate is respectable for this level, and jockey Zak Wheatley is known on the northern circuit. The DistFit:? and GoingFit:? are mild unknowns, but no negative flags have been established — unlike several rivals who carry confirmed poor distance or going records.
Each-way alternative: Miss Rainbow.
Main danger: Barmyblade — Barmyblade (SR 66, 5/1) ran a recent 1 last time out at this exact class with course form (W1P1) at Catterick, making the GoingFit:- the only real concern — if conditions ride better than expected, this horse is capable of reversing the form.