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14:25 Newbury

Pertemps Network Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)

2m½f · Flat · Class 2 · Good To Firm · 7 runners · £30,924 · Saturday, 18 July 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 5th
  1. 1st
    Shrimp Shady (GB)
    Rob Hornby·Andrew Balding
    13/2·7.50
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Team Player (GB)
    Greg Fairley·Ewan Whillans·beaten 0.05 lengths
    5/1·6.00
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Ride The Thunder (IRE)
    Tom Marquand·Roger Varian·beaten 1.25 lengths
    13/8F·2.62
    SP
Race time
3m 37.04s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Shrimp Shady (GB))

“Settled in mid-pack - made steady headway 2f out - roused to hit the front 1f out - matched all the way to the line - prevailed by the narrowest of margins”

AI top-rated Almuhit (score 64.8) finished 5th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 11.00 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.

Other selections

Head-to-head dashboard →
Each-way64.8/100 rating
Almuhit
12.50Betfair Exchange

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

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party
Pundit pick: Duraji

Duraji is the selection, narrowly ahead of Bahadur by just a single pound on our figures, with Ride The Thunder (97) and Team Player (93) both well enough in on our book to be considered. It is desperately tight at the top of these ratings for this seven-runner Class 2 over today's 16f, which is reflected in only low confidence behind the pick. Bahadur, in particular, looks the biggest threat to Duraji given how close these two are rated, with Ride The Thunder and Team Player next in line.

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

Almuhit

Sean Levey · Faye Bramley · 7yo

Top-rated of 7
score 64.8 · +4.2 clear of next best (60.6)
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=5)
    Faye Bramley: 3/5 winners last 14d (60%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    25d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Ratings50% weight
    55average
    OR 82
  • Form20% weight
    37below average
    Last 6: 3-9-6-8-2
MarketBest price 12.50 (Betfair Exchange) · 6th in the market of 7.

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 — Newbury 2m½f

full course data →

Sample too small to call at this course and trip.

Low (1–3)
IV 0.88
Mid (4–5)
IV 1.08
High (6–7)
IV 1.06

IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 25 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
15
Shrimp Shady
J: Rob Hornby · T: Andrew Balding · draw 4
4yo · C · b
441216
8760.5
13/2·7.50
SP
23
Team Player
J: Greg Fairley · T: Ewan Whillans · draw 6
4yo · G · chtp
31159
9260.1
5/1·6.00
SP
34
Ride The Thunder
J: Tom Marquand · T: Roger Varian · draw 3
4yo · G · b
44236
8960.6
13/8F·2.62
SP
41
Duraji
J: Finley Marsh · T: Richard Hughes · draw 7
5yo · H · b
40630
9651.6
14/1·15.00
SP
57
Almuhit
J: Sean Levey · T: Faye Bramley · draw 2
7yo · G · btp
39682
8264.8
11/1·12.00
SP
66
Baileys Khelstar
J: Rossa Ryan · T: Charlie Johnston · draw 5
6yo · G · b
242211
8457.3
9/2·5.50
SP
72
Bahadur
J: William Buick · T: S Woods · draw 1
4yo · C · b
65105
9448.4
6/1·7.00
SP

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 14:25 Newbury on 18 July 2026?

Shrimp Shady (GB) won the 14:25 Newbury at SP 7.50. Ridden by Rob Hornby. Trained by Andrew Balding.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 14:25 Newbury?

No — the AI top pick (Almuhit) finished 5.

What were the placings in the 14:25 Newbury?

Top finishers: 1. Shrimp Shady (GB) (7.50), 2. Team Player (GB) (6.00), 3. Ride The Thunder (IRE) (2.62).

What was the winning time for the 14:25 Newbury?

The winning time was 3m 37.04s.

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