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15:30 Catterick

Catterick Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap

6f · Flat · Class 6 · Good To Firm · 7 runners · £3,664 · Monday, 22 June 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick placed 2nd
  1. 1st
    Battenburg Belle (IRE)
    Cieren Fallon·R Menzies
    5/2·3.50
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Long Shot (GB)AI top pick · 42.9
    D Allan·T D Easterby·beaten 0.2 lengths
    9/4F·3.25
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Our Hero Matty (IRE)
    Barry McHugh·T & S Barclay·beaten .75 lengths
    18/1·19.00
    SP
Race time
1m 12.54s+2.24s vs std

Slightly slow — minor pace variance, nothing to read into.

In-running (Battenburg Belle (IRE))

“Held up in touch with the leaders - angled right with headway over 1f out - jockey without the whip inside final furlong - kept finding and led in the dying strides”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 2.25 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: Rivera Queen

Rivera Queen was given far too much to do on her handicap debut but finished with real purpose under first-time headgear, and she arrives on a mark that flatters based on that showing with a trainer in strong current form. Long Shot raced too freely over 7f last time and reverts to a more suitable trip today, while Battenburg Belle has been placed three times in a row and keeps knocking on the door. Rivera Queen is our selection.

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

Long Shot

D Allan · T D Easterby · 3yo

Top-rated of 7
score 42.9 · +0.6 clear of next best (42.4)
Scores compare runners within this race only

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

  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    27d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Form20% weight
    47below average
    Last 6: 6-3-8-2-4
  • Ratings50% weight
    34weak
    OR 51
  • Trainer20% weight
    33weak
    T D Easterby: 14/112 winners last 14d (13%)
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 — Catterick 6f

full course data →

Strong: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.36).

Low (1–3)
IV 1.36
Mid (4–5)
IV 0.79
High (6–7)
IV 0.80

Today: Battenburg Belle (draw 1) and Thehunnebelllegacy (draw 3) get the bias; Long Shot (draw 4) 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. 150 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
17
Battenburg Belle
J: Cieren Fallon · T: R Menzies · draw 1
3yo · F · b
386222
5041.6
5/2·3.50
SP
26
Long Shot
J: D Allan · T: T D Easterby · draw 4
3yo · G · bp
63824
5142.9
9/4F·3.25
SP
35
Our Hero Matty
J: Barry McHugh · T: T & S Barclay · draw 2
3yo · G · ch
37700
5227.6
18/1·19.00
SP
44
Saxon Grace
J: Jack Nicholls · T: D Bourke · draw 7
3yo · F · chpFT P
06746
5442.4
18/1·19.00
SP
51
Thehunnebelllegacy
J: Ethan Tindall · T: R A Fahey · draw 3
3yo · F · b
46345
5539.3
11/4·3.75
SP
62
Elashgar
J: C J Whiteley · T: K Frost · draw 5
3yo · G · ch
83120
5536.7
9/1·10.00
SP
73
Rivera Queen
J: C Lee · T: Lemos Souza · draw 6
3yo · F · btb
3004
5442.3
11/1·12.00
SP

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 15:30 Catterick on 22 June 2026?

Battenburg Belle (IRE) won the 15:30 Catterick at SP 3.50. Ridden by Cieren Fallon. Trained by R Menzies.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 15:30 Catterick?

No — the AI top pick (Long Shot) finished 2.

What were the placings in the 15:30 Catterick?

Top finishers: 1. Battenburg Belle (IRE) (3.50), 2. Long Shot (GB) (3.25), 3. Our Hero Matty (IRE) (19.00).

What was the winning time for the 15:30 Catterick?

The winning time was 1m 12.54s, 2.24s slower than standard.

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