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17:55 Lingfield

Truelove Trophy Handicap

1m2f · Flat · Class 6 · Good To Firm · 5 runners · £3,768 · Saturday, 27 June 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 5th
  1. 1st
    Baloo's Blues (GB)
    Harry Vigors·Charles Hills
    11/4F·3.75
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Revelio (GB)
    Jack Callan·Tom Clover·beaten 0.3 lengths
    3/1·4.00
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Bownder (IRE)
    Paddy Bradley·Jonathan Portman·beaten .5 lengths
    9/2·5.50
    SP
Race time
2m 9.17s+5.17s vs std

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

In-running (Baloo's Blues (GB))

“Led narrowly early - headed and dropped to chase leader - driven 2f out - found more inside final furlong - drifted left but regained lead 1f out - kept on under pressure”

AI top-rated Cuban Girl (score 56.4) finished 5th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 5.50 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: Bownder

Bownder showed renewed purpose last time despite going to the front a shade early, and now drops to a mark below the level from which he last landed a race — he's the pick here. Cuban Girl ran to her level when placed last time, that form now boosted, and she is the obvious threat; Sansanetti and the unexposed Revelio also hold appeal. Bownder 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

Cuban Girl

George Downing · Brian Toomey · 4yo

Top-rated of 5
score 56.4 · +9.3 clear of next best (47.1)
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=2)
    Brian Toomey: 1/2 winners last 14d (50%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Freshness10% weight
    85very strong
    45d since last run (fresh)
  • Ratings50% weight
    42below average
    OR 63
  • Form20% weight
    34weak
    Last 6: 2-7-9-0-2
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 — Lingfield 1m2f

full course data →

Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.14).

Low (1–2)
IV 1.14
Mid (3–4)
IV 0.88
High (5–6)
IV 0.96

Today: Cuban Girl (draw 1) and Sansanetti (draw 2) get the bias; Revelio (draw 3) 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. 64 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
14
Baloo's Blues
J: Harry Vigors(5) · T: Charles Hills · draw 4
4yo · G · gr
24529
6237.7
11/4F·3.75
SP
21
Revelio
J: Jack Callan(3) · T: Tom Clover · draw 3
4yo · G · b
690
6538.2
3/1·4.00
SP
32
Bownder
J: Paddy Bradley · T: Jonathan Portman · draw 6
4yo · G · b
382003
6439.8
9/2·5.50
SP
46
Sansanetti
J: Pat Cosgrave · T: Stuart Williams · draw 2
4yo · F · b
21166
6040.1
3/1·4.00
SP
53
Cuban Girl
J: George Downing · T: Brian Toomey · draw 1
4yo · F · bh
27902
6356.4
11/2·6.50
SP
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Gone Rogue
J: NON-RUNNER · T: Gary & Josh Moore · draw 5
5yo · G · b
12256
6247.1—

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:55 Lingfield on 27 June 2026?

Baloo's Blues (GB) won the 17:55 Lingfield at SP 3.75. Ridden by Harry Vigors. Trained by Charles Hills.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:55 Lingfield?

No — the AI top pick (Cuban Girl) finished 5.

What were the placings in the 17:55 Lingfield?

Top finishers: 1. Baloo's Blues (GB) (3.75), 2. Revelio (GB) (4.00), 3. Bownder (IRE) (5.50).

What was the winning time for the 17:55 Lingfield?

The winning time was 2m 9.17s, 5.17s slower than standard.

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