Placed third last time out and second three starts back, Vince Le Prince arrives fresh on just eight days' rest and has experience of today's trip and conditions — with our rating of 73 putting him among the chief dangers here. Yet to win in recent starts, that elusive breakthrough remains the key risk.
Form last 6530203
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
63SR73RPR65OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 63 suggests ability but 8/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Evangelic has run over today's trip and going before and shaped with promise when fourth two starts back, so the experience angle is there; yet to score in recent starts, and 52 days off the track is the obvious query.
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★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
30SR68RPR63OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 30 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 66/1.
Gressington catches the eye as the top-rated runner in the field, and his experience over today's trip and going stands him in good stead from stall nine carrying 133 lb; yet to score in recent starts, he must finally convert that promise into a tangible effort.
Form last 6080747
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
53SR74RPR63OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 53 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 14/1.
Luminous Warrior arrives on the back of back-to-back wins and has experience of today's trip and conditions, yet his speed rating lags behind his official mark and that patchy earlier form — sixth, eighth and seventh in the sequence — is a reminder he can disappoint.
Form last 6786211
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
60SR62RPR62OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Novak arrives here in fine fettle after a second last time out, and his our rating of 70 marks him out as a serious threat from stall one; the chief concern is that he remains yet to win in his last six starts.
Form last 6523442
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
65SR70RPR62OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 65 suggests ability but 13/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Winless in her last five starts, Keep Me Stable nonetheless showed encouragement with a third last time out and a second two starts back, hinting at consistency; she has run over today's trip and going before, though carrying 128 lb from stall ten and a ranking of seventh of eleven suggests she faces a stiff task.
Form last 6-70823
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
60SR62RPR58OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 60 suggests ability but 15/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Edmond Halley has been consistent in his last two starts, finishing third on both occasions, though he remains winless in recent starts and those placed efforts are his ceiling so far. Has run over today's trip and going, he carries 127 lb from stall three and returns on a quick eight-day turnaround.
Form last 6007533
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
65SR63RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 65 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winner last time out and back quickly on 13 days' rest, Sir David arrives with momentum, but a weight of 127 lb and a ranking of eighth in an eleven-runner field temper expectations; he has run over today's trip and going before, at least lending some familiarity.
Form last 6082931
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
55SR61RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 55 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Ranked tenth of eleven on our figures, Monhammer makes it hard to build a case despite back-to-back wins in his last two starts; he has run over today's trip and going before, but the weight of 125 lb from stall eight and a modest official rating of 55 suggest he faces a stiff ask here.
Form last 6324611
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
67SR58RPR55OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 67 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in her last six starts and ranked ninth of eleven on our figures, Coconut Bay is hard to fancy, though she has experience of today's distance and going and her placed efforts — third two starts back and second last time out — show she is at least mixing it at times.
Form last 6307432
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
57SR59RPR53OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 57 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last five starts and ranked last on our figures, Joshuas Dream ran just yesterday and has shown nothing but mid-to-tail-field finishes throughout that recent sequence; experience over today's distance and going is about the best that can be said for him here.
Form last 68-0909
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
30SR46RPR48OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 30 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 22/1.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Edmond Halley owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (36) and market confidence (87). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
11/4Edward BethellOisin Orr
66%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Novak
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
5/1 · Iain Jardine✓ Value Signal
Evangelic
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
80/1 · R K Watson◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Monhammer (SR:67, 4/1, Wgt:8-13) is the highest-rated runner in the field and carries the lightest weight among the genuine contenders, giving it a meaningful lbs advantage — 12lb less than top-weight Vince Le Prince and 4lb less than Edmond Halley. Its form of 324611 shows back-to-back wins most recently, and Course:W2P5 at Musselburgh is exceptional specialist form. DistFit:+ confirms it handles this 7f trip, and although GoingFit is only ~, the good ground is not a significant concern. Linda Perratt's yard runs two here; Monhammer carries the stable flag (#1 designation) with the stronger recent form and the more experienced course record, and the 4/1 price is workable. The +7 mark rise is the one concern, but the weight-for-age advantage partially offsets that penalty.
Each-way alternative: Keep Me Stable.
Main danger: Edmond Halley — Edmond Halley (SR:65, 3/1, Mkt:in43%) is the equal top-rated runner and has been backed heavily from a much bigger opening price — the market is clearly confident, Edward Bethell's 16% strike rate is the best in the field, and Oisin Orr is a high-quality booking that adds further credibility.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Monhammer is 8 years old and rises +7 marks off back-to-back wins — handicapper has reacted sharply and at this age the ceiling is likely being reached rather than still rising.
Edmond Halley (3/1, SR:65, trained by 16% Bethell with 14% Orr aboard) has been backed in 43% and is shorter in the market despite a 4lb weight disadvantage — market strongly preferring the 4yo impro…
GoingFit is only '~' for Monhammer, meaning today's good ground is not confirmed as genuinely suitable — course wins may have come on different ground conditions.
Stable companion Keep Me Stable (W2P3 at Musselburgh, dropping -3 marks) is a proven course specialist off a lower mark and could split yard resources or represent better value at 15/2.
ShortlistMonhammer, Edmond Halley, Keep Me Stable, Novak