Wherearethejudges has distance experience to call on and, rated 100, sits close to the top of the rankings here, making him a serious threat on his day; yet the pulled-up effort last time and a 219-day absence leave fitness the key question for this winless gelding.
Form last 64/58P-
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
61SR100RPR100OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 61 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 28/1.
Burning It Up shaped with promise when second two starts back, and his going and distance experience reads well here, but 225 days off the track and a hefty 161 lb to carry leave fitness the one question mark for this top-rated gelding, winless in his last five starts.
Form last 64P827-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
81SR102RPR93OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 81 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Hawkseye View has a win to his name within his recent form and returns here in good order just 16 days later, with experience of today's trip and conditions working in his favour; the concern is that his last four outings have produced an eighth, a fourth, an unplaced run and a fall, so recapturing that winning form is the key question.
Form last 61F04-8
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
55SR94RPR89OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 55 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 40/1.
Walk On Son has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 92 suggests he holds genuine claims as the fourth-ranked runner in this field of nine, but his recent string of poor efforts — including two pull-ups in his last five starts — makes him a risky proposition after 122 days off the track.
Form last 6P98-4P
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
59SR93RPR88OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 59 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 22/1.
Delgany Second Now arrives on the back of three consecutive wins and a trainer firing at 27% in the last fortnight, which are the genuine positives, but he is ranked seventh of nine on our figures and carries 155 lb, making him hard to fancy at these weights despite his recent hat-trick.
Form last 6775111
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
102SR88RPR98OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 102 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last five starts and ranked sixth of nine, Wearelongterm does at least bring distance and going experience to the table, but a recent record that includes an unseated rider and a pull-up makes him a difficult proposition to trust at 149 lb.
Form last 635-P7U
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
53SR89RPR81OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 53 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
Ranked bottom of the field on our figures and returning from a 220-day absence carrying 149 lb, Didntgotwenty is hard to fancy despite winning last time out; he has run over today's trip and going before, which offers some small comfort.
Form last 635521-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
81SR79RPR81OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 81 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last five starts and ranked eighth of nine on our figures, Roi du Roume faces a stiff task here, though he has run over today's trip and going before and returns after a 25-day break carrying 147 lb with two runner-up finishes in recent starts.
Form last 64-4262
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
88SR82RPR79OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 88 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Burgundy Man has shown little consistency in recent starts, with two pulled-up efforts in his last three runs a significant concern, and he remains yet to win in his last five; the distance and going experience offers some hope, though 144 lb is no easy burden.
Form last 6-P9PP6
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
73SR91RPR76OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 73 suggests ability but 11/1 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.
Delgany Second Now owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (57) and market confidence (94). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
5/4Dan SkeltonHarry Skelton
75%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Roi du Roume
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
9/4 · Mickey Bowen✓ Value Signal
Wherearethejudges
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
28/1 · Daragh Bourke◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Delgany Second Now (SR:102, 11/8) is the class standout in this field by a considerable margin — the next-best SR is 88 (Roi du Roume) and the field average is well below competitive handicap range. The Dan Skelton/Harry Skelton combination fires at 22%/27% strike rates respectively, among the most potent partnerships in jumps racing, and the horse arrives on the back of a three-timer (Form: 775111, rightmost three runs all wins) confirming peak form and momentum. GoingFit:+ confirms it handles today's good ground, and at age 4 it carries only 11-1, a favourable weight against the older rivals. The concern is MarkMv:+17 — the handicapper has raised it 17lb since its last win, which is a substantial hike and the primary reason this isn't rated High confidence — but the raw SR gap over its rivals is large enough to absorb that penalty.
Each-way alternative: Roi du Roume.
Main danger: Roi du Roume — Roi du Roume (SR:88, 9/4) is the second-market choice at a competitive price, carries the lightest weight among the credible contenders at 10-7, has course form (W0P1 at Perth), and Mickey Bowen's yard fires at 16% — if the MarkMv:+17 penalty blunts Delgany Second Now's superiority, Roi du Roume is the most likely beneficiary.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
+17lb mark rise is severe for a 4-year-old still unexposed at this level — the handicapper has aggressively reassessed and the horse has yet to prove it can handle such a hike in a single step.
Market has drifted out 7% despite the powerful Skelton booking, suggesting professional money is not fully convinced the revised mark is beatable today.
Roi du Roume (SR:88, 9/4) has course experience (W0P1) and races off a feather 10-7, meaning the weight-for-age concession from Delgany Second Now is substantial — a 8lb swing at the weights relative…
Form figures of 775111 show the three wins came before this 17lb rise; all winning form was achieved off a materially lower mark and opponent quality at Perth today, while modest, still demands the h…
ShortlistDelgany Second Now, Roi du Roume, Didntgotwenty