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16:18 Carlisle

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1m · Flat · Class 5 · Soft · 9 runners · £4,187 · Monday, 8 June 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick wonat SP 7/1·8.00
  1. 1st
    Ravishing Beauty (GB)AI top pick · 55.4
    P J McDonald·Jedd O'Keeffe
    7/1·8.00
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Blufferonthebus (IRE)
    Clifford Lee·Craig Lidster·beaten .5 lengths
    7/2·4.50
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Epidavros (IRE)
    Rowan Scott·Katie Scott·beaten 1 length
    3/1·4.00
    SP
Race time
1m 42.40s+5.60s vs std

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

In-running (Ravishing Beauty (GB))

“Slowly away - soon prominent - ridden when led narrowly over 1f out - kept on”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 7.00 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.

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party
Pundit pick: Blufferonthebus

The Verdict comprises the C&D winners BLUFFERONTHEBUS and Epidavros, who both hold reasonably solid claims on 2026 form.

Forecast 4/1 Epidavros, 9/2 Emery Down, Music Academy, 5/1 Blufferonthebus, 11/2 Positive Thoughts, 8/1 We've Got This, 11/1 Ravishing Beauty, 12/1 Angela's Baar, 20/1 Rosemary May

Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.

Why the model rates this top

Ravishing Beauty

P J McDonald · Jedd O'Keeffe · 5yo

Top-rated of 9
score 55.4 · +8.5 clear of next best (46.9)
Scores compare runners within this race only

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

  • Trainer20% weight
    100small sample (n=1)
    Jedd O'Keeffe: 1/1 winners last 14d (100%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    23d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Ratings50% weight
    40below average
    OR 62 · RPR 75 · TS 43
  • Form20% weight
    27weak
    Last 6: 2-7-3-8-7
MarketNo market price available yet.

v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Draw bias — Carlisle 1m

full course data →

Moderate: high (outside) favoured (IV 1.16).

Low (1–3)
IV 1.00
Mid (4–6)
IV 0.83
High (7–9)
IV 1.16

Today: Epidavros (draw 9) and Emery Down (draw 7) get the bias; Music Academy (draw 6) is in the least-favoured band.

IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 96 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
14
Ravishing Beauty
J: P J McDonald · T: Jedd O'Keeffe · draw 1
5yo · M · bp
27387
6255.4
7/1·8.00
SP
23
Blufferonthebus
J: Clifford Lee · T: Craig Lidster · draw 4
5yo · M · b
09463
6339.4
7/2·4.50
SP
31
Epidavros
J: Rowan Scott · T: Katie Scott · draw 9
5yo · M · b
35444
6946.9
3/1·4.00
SP
46
Emery Down
J: Connor Beasley · T: John Ryan · draw 7
4yo · F · chp
57854
5937.6
9/4F·3.25
SP
59
Positive Thoughts
J: Jason Hart · T: John & Sean Quinn · draw 8
3yo · F · bpFT P
62469
6232.5
18/1·19.00
SP
68
Music Academy
J: Hector Crouch · T: Ralph Beckett · draw 6
3yo · F · bbFT B
937
6546.0
22/1·23.00
SP
72
We've Got This
J: David Nolan · T: Ivan Furtado · draw 2
4yo · F · bp
24265
6444.7
17/2·9.50
SP
87
Angela's Baar
J: Mikey Sheehy · T: Adrian Paul Keatley · draw 5
3yo · F · b
26456
6743.8
18/1·19.00
SP
95
Rosemary May
J: Sean Kirrane · T: Tim Easterby · draw 3
4yo · F · bh
88808
6035.0
28/1·29.00
SP

OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 16:18 Carlisle on 8 June 2026?

Ravishing Beauty (GB) won the 16:18 Carlisle at SP 8.00. Ridden by P J McDonald. Trained by Jedd O'Keeffe.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 16:18 Carlisle?

Yes — the AI top-rated horse, Ravishing Beauty, won the race (AI score 55.4).

What were the placings in the 16:18 Carlisle?

Top finishers: 1. Ravishing Beauty (GB) (8.00), 2. Blufferonthebus (IRE) (4.50), 3. Epidavros (IRE) (4.00).

What was the winning time for the 16:18 Carlisle?

The winning time was 1m 42.40s, 5.60s slower than standard.

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