Impressor is our top-rated runner, a gelding who has won once in his last six starts and finished third two starts back, with experience of both today's trip and going. He turned out just a day ago after a sixth last time out, which is the one reservation, but our rating of 62 and a speed figure of 64 make him the one to beat from stall six.
Form last 6080136
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
61SR62RPR58OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 61 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Barmyblade has run over today's trip and going before, and a second two starts back, with a winner five starts back, shows he can land a blow, while our rating of 59 ranks him third of ten. The main risk is an eighth last time out, though he returns fresh after 22 days.
Form last 6014728
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
57SR59RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 57 suggests ability but 11/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Stoneywell is winless in his last six, though a sixth last time out was his best of that run, and he has run over today's trip before. A 69-day break and 134 lb from stall eight temper enthusiasm, with our rating of 56 placing him sixth of ten.
Form last 6977806
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
47SR56RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 47 suggests ability but 12/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Battenburg Belle won twice in a row two and three starts back before a fourth last time out, and she has run over today's trip and going. Her 35-day break and 133 lb on her back are the main risk, with the rest not ideal for a filly bidding to resume winning ways.
Form last 6533114
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
63SR57RPR57OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 63 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Ottawa is yet to win in his last six starts, though a fifth last time out and a fourth two starts back suggest he's close to his level, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 36-day break and 132 lb temper enthusiasm, but our rating of 56 puts him fifth of ten.
Form last 6650045
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
51SR57RPR55OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 51 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 10/1.
Stormy Pearl has finished third in three of her last six, including a third three starts back and another four starts back, and has run over today's trip and going, while our rating of 60 ranks her second of ten. The risk is she's yet to win in that spell, and a fifth last time out leaves her something to prove.
Form last 6303305
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
52SR60RPR50OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 52 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Won last time out and has run over today's trip and going, but that is one win in her last six, with a fourth three starts back and an unplaced run two starts back in between. Ranked eighth of ten on our figures and carrying 125 lb from draw 2, she is hard to fancy.
Form last 6323401
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
51SR52RPR48OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 51 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Runner-up last time out and fresh enough after 20 days, Desert Master has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last six starts and a seventh and sixth in that spell suggest consistency is lacking. Our rating of 54 ranks him seventh of ten.
Form last 6435672
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
47SR54RPR47OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 47 suggests ability but 10/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Winless in his last five, with a fourth last time out, a seventh and a ninth before that, Blue Jay Way is hard to fancy and sits ninth of ten on our figures. In his favour, he's fresh from a 14-day break and has run over today's trip and going before.
Form last 6-74974
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
55SR48RPR47OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 55 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last six, Pinpoint was only sixth last time out and returns after 48 days off, though a third and a second in that spell show he can get involved, and he has run over today's trip. Rated 46 by us, he ranks last of ten, so he is hard to fancy.
Form last 6662436
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
27SR46RPR45OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 27 suggests ability but 28/1 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.
Battenburg Belle owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (35) and market confidence (79). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
9/2Rebecca MenziesJason Hart
69%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Blue Jay Way
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
10/3 · John David Riches✓ Value Signal
Pinpoint
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
33/1 · Suzzanne France◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Impressor (SR:61, 7/1) is the joint-highest SR in the field alongside Battenburg Belle (SR:63) but carries only 9-9 versus Belle's 9-7 — a negligible 2lb difference — while Belle has drifted badly (Mkt:out22%) and runs off a mark 5lb higher than her last win (MarkMv:+5). Impressor has steamed in 17% in the market, suggesting stable confidence, and ran just yesterday which is unusual but connections are clearly happy to run again quickly. GoingFit:~ confirms soft is not a major concern, and at 7/1 the price reflects genuine each-way value for the highest-SR runner with the strongest market move in the field. Trainer Phillip Makin operates at 12% and jockey Sam James at 14%, both workmanlike but adequate for Class 6.
Each-way alternative: Battenburg Belle.
Main danger: Blue Jay Way — Blue Jay Way is the market favourite (7/2, Mkt:in35%) with Course:W1P3 at Catterick and a recent MarkMv:-2, so if the confirmed going and distance negatives prove less damaging than the data suggests, the money backing it could be vindicated.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Impressor ran just 1 day ago (Days:1) — racing on back-to-back days is extremely rare for a 9-year-old and risks residual fatigue or stiffness affecting performance today.
MarkMv:+4 means Impressor runs off a 4lb higher mark than his last win, compounding the challenge for an ageing horse whose form reads 080136 — three of last six are out-of-the-money finishes.
Blue Jay Way (7/2, SR:55) has steamed in 35% in the market and carries 8-12 vs Impressor's 9-9 — a 11lb weight concession from Impressor to a fancied rival is a significant physical ask.
Form figure '0' appears twice in Impressor's last six runs, suggesting this 9-year-old has a propensity for non-completions or well-beaten efforts that the SR alone does not capture.
ShortlistImpressor, Battenburg Belle, Wait For It, Blue Jay Way