Sandown
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Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)
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16h 26min
Turf track
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34
Our top pick for this race
Strong chance
Odds 13/8
£1 wins £1.63 · 34 Strong chance
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £2.63 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- 7 runners today is a good number for this horse. The number of runners affects how a race is run.
- With a 15% win rate overall, B. Hughes is one of the more dependable riders.
- A 0% record at this course for M. Bowen. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
The market favourite at 7/4, but the odds have drifted sharply from 1/9 — a warning sign. He's raced four times without winning, though he's finished in the top 3 each time, most recently second at Worcester 32 days ago. The consistent placing suggests he's close to breaking through, but hasn't managed it yet.
Market favourite (7/4)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £3.25 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Has only raced on this type of ground once or twice, so it is hard to say if it suits the horse.
- A 7-runner race works well for this horse. The number of runners changes the pace and how much room a horse has.
- Has not raced for 766 days. That is a long time away, and we cannot be sure the horse will be fit enough.
TrackLab Insight
The only horse in the field with a winning record from his sole race — a Class 5 win at Warwick 766 days ago — but he's been missing for over 20 months, the longest absence in the field. That unbeaten record is technically perfect but almost meaningless given how little we've seen of him, and returning from such a long layoff carries real risk.
Only winner at this distance
Lightly raced (1 career races)
Absent 766 days (longest in field)
£1 wins £3 · 21 Strong chance
This is a 7-runner race, and the size suits this horse
21
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £4.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- This is a 7-runner race, and the size suits this horse. Some horses prefer a small field with less traffic. Others do well in a crowd.
- C. Quinn wins 20.4% of their races at this course. Knowing the track is an advantage for any jockey.
- Not rated highly by the official rater. The rating reflects what the horse has done so far, and it is modest.
TrackLab Insight
A six-year-old from a yard in flying form this season, but his recent record is troubling: he won at Plumpton 216 days ago but has now finished second and tenth in his last two races, most recently ten days ago. The long gap between his win and current form, plus the two races without success, suggests he may be declining.
One of the more successful in the field (1 career wins)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £6.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- A 7-runner race works well for this horse. The number of runners changes the pace and how much room a horse has.
- A 17.0% overall win rate for G. Sheehan. Good jockeys make better decisions during a race.
- A 3.2% record at this course for T. Symonds. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
A 5-year-old mare making her racecourse debut, which is very late to be starting out in racing. The pedigree suggests jumping ability, and the trainer is in decent form this season, but we have zero racing data to work with — this is a complete unknown.
Racecourse debut
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £29.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- This is a 7-runner race, and the size suits this horse. Some horses prefer a small field with less traffic. Others do well in a crowd.
- T. Lacey wins 17.3% of all their races. That is a solid record. Good trainers get horses ready well and pick the right races.
- Not rated highly by the official rater. The rating reflects what the horse has done so far, and it is modest.
TrackLab Insight
Making only his second appearance after debuting yesterday with a third-place finish — promising for a newcomer, but the odds of 14/1 reflect the huge unknowns. The jockey-trainer combo (Stan Sheppard and Tom Lacey) has a solid record together, which is a small positive.
Racecourse debut
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £51.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- Very little experience on today's ground. With so few runs, we cannot say if it suits the horse.
- 7 runners today is a good number for this horse. The number of runners affects how a race is run.
- The official rating suggests this horse has work to do. Lower-rated horses need to improve to win.
TrackLab Insight
Only two races so far with nothing to show for them — fourth and eighth — and the widest margins of defeat in the field (27.8L and 12.2L). At 16/1, the odds reflect how little threat this four-year-old currently poses.
Lightly raced (2 career races)
Fair price
TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £51.00 back.
How odds workWhy this score
- This is a 7-runner race, and the size suits this horse. Some horses prefer a small field with less traffic. Others do well in a crowd.
- Has only raced on this type of ground once or twice, so it is hard to say if it suits the horse.
- Last raced 29 days ago. That is a normal gap between runs.
TrackLab Insight
The most experienced runner in the field with 12 races under his belt, but that experience hasn't brought success — just one win across those 12 outings, nearly three years ago. His recent form reads 6-3-2-6-6-2, showing some finished in the top 3 finishes mixed with poor runs, and he's currently on a six-race losing streak with no sign of turning it around.
Most experienced (12 runs, field avg 4)
Best career win rate in field (1 in 12)
What the colours mean
40+ Very strong chance
20–39 Strong chance
12–19 Solid chance
6–11 Could surprise
Under 6 Long shot
Scores in a race add up to 100.How scores workModel estimates, not guaranteed. Past performance is no guide.
What these words mean
- Underrated horse
- We think this horse has a better chance than the bookmakers' odds suggest.
- Our top pick
- The horse with the highest TrackLab Score in the race.
- TrackLab Score
- Our model's estimate of a horse's chance of winning, as a number out of 100. The scores in a race add up to 100.
- Ground
- How the going was on the day, from Firm (hard and dry) to Heavy (very wet and muddy). On all-weather tracks it's Standard, Fast or Slow.
- Race level (Class)
- From Class 1 (elite) down to Class 7 (lowest).
- Group, Grade and Listed
- The top races. Group 1 on the Flat and Grade 1 over jumps are the highest level, then 2 and 3. Listed races sit just below.
- Handicap
- The handicapper gives better horses more weight to carry, so in theory they'd all finish together.
- Maiden
- A race for horses that haven't won yet.
- Novice
- A race for horses that are new to this type of race.
- Chase, hurdle and bumper
- Chase: jumps over fences. Hurdle: jumps over low hurdles. Bumper: a flat race for young jump horses.
- Distance (m and f)
- m is a mile and f a furlong, about 200 metres; 8 furlongs make a mile.
- Each way
- A bet that pays out if your horse wins or finishes in the top 3 (how far down it pays varies by race). It is really two bets.
- Weight
- How much the horse carries, including the jockey. 9st 5lb means nine stone five pounds.
- Jockey claim
- An apprentice jockey can claim a weight discount, so the horse carries a little less.
- Headgear
- Blinkers, visor, cheekpieces, tongue tie, hood and eyeshield change what the horse sees or feels.