Balmacara arrives on the back of a third five starts back and our rating of 109 puts him third among the ten runners, making him a genuine threat, though he remains winless in recent starts and the 132 lb could be the stumbling block.
Form last 6-37608
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
72SR109RPR99OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 72 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 66/1.
Twice a runner-up in recent starts yet winless in his last six, Blue RC has distance experience to call on and returns on a quick 12-day turnaround carrying 132 lb from stall four, though consecutive unplaced efforts latest out temper enthusiasm.
Form last 6229200
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
79SR106RPR103OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 79 suggests ability but 28/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Centigrade won back-to-back races three and two starts back before a sixth last time out, and while he has run over today's trip and returns on a fresh 27-day break, the step back up against stronger company makes recovery harder to call.
Form last 621/16
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
108SR102RPR102OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 108 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Crown of Oaks has finished ninth and seventh in his last two starts, making him difficult to fancy despite two wins three and five starts back; he has run over today's trip and the trainer is in fine form, but his ranking of eighth on our figures tells its own story.
Form last 6131-79
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88SR102RPR103OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 88 suggests ability but 16/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Nahraan shaped well when third last time out and has winning form in recent starts, and with a trainer firing at 29% over the past fortnight, conditions look to suit a colt who has experience over today's trip.
Form last 6113-93
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
111SR112RPR108OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 111 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Room Service franked his recent form with a win last time out and has run over today's trip, while our rating of 114 has him top on figures; the main concern is a return from 81 days off.
Form last 62875-1
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
104SR114RPR109OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 104 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last five starts, Skukuza nonetheless shapes as a live threat here — he has run over today's trip and carries a workable burden of 132 lb from stall six, with our rating of 108 suggesting he holds strong claims; the concern is 91 days off the track.
Form last 6-45660
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
74SR108RPR107OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 74 suggests ability but 28/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Ranked bottom of the field on our figures and with two unplaced runs in his last two starts, Avicenna is hard to fancy despite the official rating of 103, a run over today's trip, and the form he showed when winning twice earlier in this sequence.
Form last 611-200
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
88SR96RPR103OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 88 suggests ability but 20/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Cerro Blanco arrives on the back of two wins in his last three starts, including a victory last time out, but 41 days on the sidelines is a potential query, and he faces a competitive field with our rating placing him sixth of ten.
Form last 6121
★AI Rating★★★★☆
117SR104RPR104OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 9-2 gives a real edge in this handicap.
Winless in her last five starts and ranked ninth of ten on our figures, Pacific Mission faces a stiff ask here, though she has run over today's trip before and a placed effort two starts back offers a sliver of encouragement.
Form last 62-5327
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
101SR99RPR103OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 101 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Cerro Blanco owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (65) and market confidence (96). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
10/11Charlie ApplebyWilliam Buick
81%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Nahraan
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
9/2 · John & Thady Gosden✓ Value Signal
Blue RC
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
28/1 · James Tate◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Cerro Blanco (SR 117, 11/10) is the standout on every meaningful metric. The highest SR in the field by 6 points over Nahraan, trained by the highest strike-rate handler in the race (Charlie Appleby at 33%), ridden by William Buick (25% career strike rate), and carrying the lightest competitive weight at 9-2 — a 4lb advantage over the older fillies on 9-6. The form figure '121' shows a recent win, which is exactly the kind of progressive three-year-old profile that dominates Listed races, and the market has shortened 7% since opening, confirming quiet confidence rather than panic money. The ClassMv:↑3 step up is the only question mark, but the SR gap to the field makes this a credible leap for a Godolphin juvenile on the improve.
Each-way alternative: Centigrade.
Main danger: Nahraan — Nahraan (SR 111, 9/2) holds the second-highest SR, is trained by John & Thady Gosden (24% strike rate) with Oisin Murphy aboard, and has a DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ combination — the drift from a morning price is the main concern, but the underlying credentials make this a genuine threat if Cerro Blanco finds the Listed step up too sharp.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Form reads only '121' — just 3 career starts, making this a significant unknown at Listed level (ClassMv:↑3); rivals like Centigrade (SR:108) and Nahraan (SR:111) have far deeper black-type form prof…
Nahraan (9/2) has drifted 16% and still commands respect at SR:111, while the market has moved +13 points against it — yet Cerro Blanco's flat MarkMv:= suggests no fresh money is arriving despite the…
41 days since last run is a meaningful absence for a three-year-old taking a sharp class jump; Avicenna (SR:88) ran '11-200' and also failed to fire after a break, flagging that lightly-raced three-y…
Pace scenario is problematic: as the short-priced favourite carrying lightest weight, Cerro Blanco may be targeted tactically by Murphy (Nahraan) and Ryan (Centigrade), both top-percentile jockeys wi…