Two Tempting heads this field on our ratings and shaped with promise when fourth two starts back and third four and five starts back, though he remains yet to score in recent starts; experience over today's trip and going, plus 135 lb to shoulder from stall 5, make this a genuine test.
Form last 6233040
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84SR103RPR97OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 84 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Gun Carriage has run over today's trip and going before, but has been winless in his last five starts and returns after a 194-day absence, which must raise fitness doubts; the consistent fourth-place finishes suggest talent without the edge to clinch it.
Form last 6-06444
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61SR90RPR96OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 61 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
Tribal Chief has shown consistency at this level, with two thirds in recent starts giving him a solid placed profile, and he has experience over today's trip and conditions with 130 lb from stall 8; the risk is that he has been winless in his last five starts and must reverse a run of below-par finishes.
Form last 6-33606
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94SR99RPR92OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 94 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last six starts, Oliver Show is nonetheless a genuine threat here — that second two starts back underlines his ability on his day, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions. Carrying 129 lb from stall two, the main risk is reproducing that level consistently.
Form last 6004427
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90SR100RPR91OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 90 suggests ability but 7/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Winless in his last six starts, Storm Star nonetheless catches the eye with a second four starts back and returns fit on 11 days' rest, with experience over today's distance and going and a rating of 101 suggesting he holds unexposed potential; the risk is that recent efforts have been disappointing.
Form last 6602085
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98SR101RPR91OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 98 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Ranked bottom of eight on our figures and his speed rating of 78 offers little encouragement, though he does bring distance-and-going experience and a third last time out provides some hope; drawn in stall one carrying 124 lb.
Form last 6-81183
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80SR90RPR86OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 80 suggests ability but 18/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Winless in his last six starts, Darkness nonetheless brings distance and going experience to the table and showed some promise with a third last time out; carrying 123 lb from stall seven, he remains one to watch rather than fully trust.
Form last 6000663
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86SR91RPR85OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 86 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last six starts and ranked seventh of eight on our figures, Jimmy Speaking is a difficult proposition despite carrying a manageable 121 lb from stall four; he has run over today's distance and going before, and a second last time out offers slim encouragement.
Form last 6294482
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96SR90RPR83OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 96 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.
Storm Star owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (54) and market confidence (91). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
2/1Andrew BaldingOisin Murphy
68%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Tribal Chief
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
10/3 · David Menuisier✓ Value Signal
Gun Carriage
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
50/1 · Dylan Cunha◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Storm Star (SR:98, 5/2) holds the strongest Saturday Rating in the field and is running off a mark 4lb below his last win — a meaningful edge in a Class 2 handicap. The 19% market shortening is the standout move in this field and represents informed money rather than public drift. Trainer Andrew Balding (18% strike rate, 2,992 runners — a yard of serious scale) pairs with Oisin Murphy (22% career strike rate) giving the horse elite connections. GoingFit:+ confirms he handles today's good ground, and at 5/2 there is still genuine value relative to the 32% win probability I assign.
Each-way alternative: Jimmy Speaking.
Main danger: Jimmy Speaking — Jimmy Speaking (SR:96, 7/2) has steamed in 49% since opening — the most dramatic move in the field — carries only 8-9 (a 6lb weight advantage over Storm Star) and steps up a class with strong market confidence behind it, suggesting connections believe the form figure improvement is real and imminent.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Storm Star's last 6 form reads 602085 — that '0' (last) and '8' represent two poor efforts sandwiching a win, and today's most recent run was a '5', not a victory, suggesting inconsistency rather tha…
Jimmy Speaking (SR:96, 7/2) has been backed in 49% — a far more dramatic market move than Storm Star's 19% — yet carries 6lb less weight, giving it a significant pull in the weights in this Class 2 h…
Tribal Chief (SR:94, 7/2) has a proven course record (W1P1 at Goodwood) that Storm Star lacks entirely, a meaningful factor on this unique undulating track where course experience regularly proves de…
At 9-3 Storm Star carries a joint-top weight burden in the field; in Class 2 handicaps at Goodwood's late-season meetings, top-weights in competitive fields are historically disadvantaged when younge…