Single-race breakdown with model vs market, value edge, confidence, and the reasons Slims Pickins is leaning in or stepping out.
Showtown rates as the value NAP at 22.2% fair chance versus 13.2% market probability (+64.5% EV). Price is shorter than the model makes it.
The main play combines fair-price edge, suitability for conditions, and enough confidence to justify involvement.
Price is shorter than the model makes it.
Showtown rates as the value NAP at 22.2% fair chance versus 13.2% market probability (+64.5% EV). Price is shorter than the model makes it.
Price is shorter than the model makes it.
C&D maiden winner last May and a 5f AW nursery in August; fair form in handicaps this year (met trouble when 4l third at Bath last time); each-way chance.
Best run when second in a Thirsk maiden on debut last May (5f, good); well beaten at Wolverhampton on reappearance; no easy task on h'cap debut from stall 14.
Bought for 26,000gns after winning five-runner Wolverhampton novice in October (6f; carried head awkwardly) for Ralph Beckett; well beaten at Ripon on stable debut last month (6f, good to soft) but should come on for the run; poorly drawn.
Won Ayr maiden and Redcar novice last August (6f, good/good to firm); didn't progress in nurseries but was highly tried; gelded after and made a fair reappearance; stall 13 not ideal and return to 5f is a concern.
Won a four-runner 5f fillies' novice at Musselburgh last October (soft) for Kevin Philippart De Foy before sold for 25,000gns; unexposed; makes handicap debut but lacks a run and has a bad draw.
Placed on all four starts since his debut run, all over 6f, on reappearance finishing runner-up in a Pontefract novice (good to soft); drop to 5f could suit; interesting with headgear tried on handicap debut.
Won a 5f Pontefract novice on debut in April 2025 (good); some fair form after that and could go well despite high draw.
Won AW handicaps at Southwell in February (5f) and Newcastle in March (6f); beaten 1.5l off this mark when third in a 5f Southwell handicap last time (Artista fourth) and could go well if as effective on turf.
Some fair efforts at up to 7f for Richard Fahey and Charlie Clover last season; bought for 16,000gns in October; had no luck in running on Catterick reappearance (5f, good) and is much better than he showed there; interesting from good draw.
Unexposed; best efforts have been on the AW, notably when close third over 6f at Southwell last time; back down in trip but could go well from stall 2 if as effective on turf.
Three fair efforts in maiden/novices last season, notably when third at Leicester on debut (5f, good to soft); unexposed; quite interesting on handicap debut.
Two fair runs in handicaps this season, following a promising fourth at Bath (5f, good) with a 0.5l second at Southwell (5f); interesting from stall one but may need luck in running.
Won a C&D claimer on his second start as a 2yo last May (good); three good runs in nurseries after that; finished in front of a couple of today's rivals when a creditable fourth at Ripon on reappearance (6f, good to soft); interesting back at 5f.
Placed in a couple of small-field nurseries at Newcastle in December; didn't fare as well back on turf at Haydock last month (6f, good to firm) after a break but should come on for the run.
In the frame on all five starts last season, best run when a clear second in a Redcar novice in September (5f, good); has a chance on that form but lacks a recent run.
Unexposed; shaped well when fourth at Catterick in April (5f, good) but not so well in a 5f handicap at Newcastle last time (stumbled at the start); tongue-tie now tried; poorly drawn.
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