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17:25

Nottingham

Great Britain

£9 Racedays At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap

Sunday, 31 May 2026

1m½f·Flat·Class 5·Good·7 runners·£6,543
Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 5th
  1. 1st
    Leadenhall (GB)
    James Sullivan·Tim Easterby
    5/2·3.50
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Penelope Valentine (GB)
    Cieren Fallon·James Owen·beaten 0.3 lengths
    7/1·8.00
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Great Blasket (IRE)
    Jack Doughty·Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole·beaten .5 lengths
    5/1·6.00
    SP
Race time
1m 47.09s+6.99s vs std

Slow — could be soft ground, easy lead, or tactical race.

In-running (Leadenhall (GB))

Prominent - led 1f out - kept on inside final furlong

AI top-rated Bass Player (score 58.7) finished 5th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 22.00 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →

Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Selections by model

Head-to-head dashboard →
v1.058.7/100 rating
Bass Player
23.00BetTom· informational only

Top-rated, but filter rejects this race

v1.1
No pick

Race outside the segment-edge filter

Each-way47.2/100 rating
Stardancer
13.50Betfair Exchange

Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.

Racing Alpha pick

Bass Player

William Pyle · Kevin & Lauren Frost · 7yo

58.7/100
+8.9 vs next best (49.8)

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

  • Trainer20% weight
    100very strong
    Kevin & Lauren Frost: 1/2 winners last 14d (50%)
  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    23d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Ratings50% weight
    50below average
    OR 61 · RPR 85 · TS 78
  • Form20% weight
    19weak
    Last 6: 8-3-4-9-0
MarketBest price 23.00 (BetTom) — 7th pick of 7 in market. AI is contrarian here.

v1.3 rating · weights and method explained on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Runners

Pos#DrHorseJockey / TrainerFormWtORRPRTSAISP
616
4yo · G · grtFT TFirst after wind op
2237
9-0975845947.2
10/1·11.00
SP
227
4yo · F · bv
54193
9-0672856646.7
7/1·8.00
SP
132
6yo · G · b
30057
9-0672935542.9
5/2·3.50
SP
344
6yo · G · bb
00694
9-0571926946.9
5/1·6.00
SP
751
4yo · G · grb
95813
9-0268886144.7
8/1·9.00
SP
463
4yo · G · bt
861624
8-1062878049.8
9/4F·3.25
SP
575
7yo · G · bt
83490
8-0961857858.7
22/1·23.00
SP

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:25 Nottingham on 31 May 2026?

Leadenhall (GB) won the 17:25 Nottingham at SP 3.50. Ridden by James Sullivan. Trained by Tim Easterby.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:25 Nottingham?

No — the AI top pick (Bass Player) finished 5.

What were the placings in the 17:25 Nottingham?

Top finishers: 1. Leadenhall (GB) (3.50), 2. Penelope Valentine (GB) (8.00), 3. Great Blasket (IRE) (6.00).

What was the winning time for the 17:25 Nottingham?

The winning time was 1m 47.09s, 6.99s slower than standard.

Racing Post verdict

Third-party

The unexposed Stardancer is feared on his reappearance but LEADENHALL is well treated and can capitalise on the drop in class.

Racing Post pick: Leadenhall

Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.

Betting forecast

Formbook

3/1 Leadenhall, 4/1 Stardancer, The Sweet Escape, 9/2 Prodigal Son, 5/1 Great Blasket, 7/1 Penelope Valentine, 20/1 Bass Player

Formbook's pre-race odds estimate — not market prices.

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