Who won the 19:00 Beverley on 20 July 2026?
Opal Storm (GB) won the 19:00 Beverley at SP 26.00. Ridden by Faye McManoman. Trained by Brian Rothwell.
19:00 Beverley
Happy Birthday Katie Exon Handicap Stakes
5f · Flat · Class 6 · Good To Firm · 10 runners · £4,004 · Monday, 20 July 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stOpal Storm (GB)Faye McManoman·Brian Rothwell25/1·26.00SP
- 2ndLevel Up (IRE)AI top pick · 53.9P J McDonald·David Evans·beaten 0.3 lengths9/1·10.00SP
- 3rdToptime (GB)George Wood·S R Bowring·beaten 0.2 lengths11/1·12.00SP
Race time
1m 1.55s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Opal Storm (GB))
“settled in the pack early - pushed along with two furlongs to run and eased left entering the final furlong - finished strongly to get up in the closing strides”
Settled · 1pt level stake = 9.00 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-way53.9/100 rating
Level Up
11.00Betfair 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-partyPundit pick: Great
Great is the pick for this Class 6 sprint at Beverley, only narrowly ahead of Dandy Dinmont on our figures but backed up by a win last time out. Dandy Dinmont, Level Up and Dc Cogent are the chief dangers, all rating within a handful of pounds and impossible to rule out in a tightly-matched race. Great's finishing figures either side of that latest success have been mixed, the one note of caution, but he remains our selection on the balance of form.
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
Level Up
P J McDonald · David Evans · 7yo
Top-rated of 10
score 53.9 · +1.2 clear of next best (52.7)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight100very strong22d since last run (race-fit window)
- Form20% weight65averageLast 6: 2-3-3-5-2-2
- Trainer20% weight50averageDavid Evans: 3/15 winners last 14d (20%)
- Ratings50% weight42below averageOR 63
MarketBest price 11.00 (Betfair Exchange) · 4th in the market of 10.
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 — Beverley 5f
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.19).
Low (1–4)
IV 1.19
Mid (5–7)
IV 1.06
High (8–10)
IV 0.74
Today: Toptime (draw 3) and Dream Deal (draw 4) get the bias; Beerwah (draw 9) 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. 130 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | J: Faye McManoman · T: Brian Rothwell · draw 2 6yo · M · btp | 91508 | 55 | 29.9 | 25/1·26.00 SP |
| 2 | 4 | J: P J McDonald · T: David Evans · draw 7 7yo · G · bb | 233522 | 63 | 53.9 | 9/1·10.00 SP |
| 3 | 7 | J: George Wood · T: S R Bowring · draw 3 8yo · G · b | 10431 | 61 | 51.8 | 11/1·12.00 SP |
| 4 | 5 | J: David Allan · T: Tim Easterby · draw 4 7yo · G · btb | 061227 | 62 | 45.0 | 2/1F·3.00 SP |
| 5 | 1 | J: Shane Gray · T: Sam England · draw 5 4yo · G · b | 637871 | 65 | 46.2 | 5/1·6.00 SP |
| 6 | 8 | J: Ryan Sexton · T: Julie Camacho · draw 1 5yo · G · bv | 04501 | 61 | 42.4 | 9/2·5.50 SP |
| 7 | 2 | J: Ben Robinson · T: Bryan Smart · draw 8 4yo · G · b | 443683 | 64 | 37.5 | 16/1·17.00 SP |
| 8 | 6 | J: Jack Callan(3) · T: John & Sean Quinn · draw 9 4yo · G · bb | 21761 | 62 | 52.7 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
| 9 | 3 | J: Jack Nicholls(5) · T: Adrian Nicholls · draw 6 7yo · M · b | 039855 | 64 | 38.7 | 11/1·12.00 SP |
| 10 | 9 | J: Rowan Scott · T: Nigel Tinkler · draw 10 7yo · G · b | 571095 | 61 | 38.3 | 11/1·12.00 SP |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 19:00 Beverley?
No — the AI top pick (Level Up) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 19:00 Beverley?
Top finishers: 1. Opal Storm (GB) (26.00), 2. Level Up (IRE) (10.00), 3. Toptime (GB) (12.00).
What was the winning time for the 19:00 Beverley?
The winning time was 1m 1.55s.
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