What time is the Hamish MacGregor Memorial Nursery Handicap Stakes?
The Hamish MacGregor Memorial Nursery Handicap Stakes is off at 18:40 on 17 July 2026 at Hamilton (Great Britain).
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Hamilton
Great BritainHamish MacGregor Memorial Nursery Handicap Stakes
Friday, 17 July 2026
6f·Flat·Class 5·5 runners·£4,187
Furlong's verdict
Reading the form…
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Selections by model
Head-to-head dashboard →v1.057.9/100 rating
Fern Clyde
5.00Bet365· informational only
Top-rated, but filter rejects this race
v1.1
No pick
Race outside the segment-edge filter
Racing Alpha pick
Fern Clyde
Sean Kirrane · Tim Easterby · 2yo
57.9/100
+2.2 vs next best (55.7)
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight100very strong24d since last run (race-fit window)
- Form20% weight66strongLast 6: 6-4-3-1-3
- Trainer20% weight50averagetrainer 14-day form unknown
- Ratings50% weight49below averageOR 74 — highest combined rating in the field
MarketBest price 5.00 (Bet365) — 4th pick of 5 in market. AI is contrarian here.
v1.3 rating · weights and method explained on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.
Pace map
inferred from last 6 runsShape: Lone front-runner — could dictate from the front if unchallenged.
- Front-runners(1)
- Prominent(1)
- Mid-division(0)—
- Hold-up / closers(1)
- Unknown(2)
Bucketed from the opening clause of each past run's comment. Front-runner / prominent / mid / hold-up — the classic race-shape framework. Unknown = no usable comments parsed.
Runners
| # | Dr | Horse | Jockey / Trainer | Form | Wt | OR | RPR | TS | AI | Fair | Best price | Add to betslip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2yo · F · chht | 64313 | 9-09 | 74 | — | — | 57.9 | 5/1·5.90 | 4/1·5.00Bet365 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2yo · C · b | 736 | 9-08 | 73 | — | — | 50.8 | 7/2·4.72 | 3/1·4.00Bet365 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2yo · F · bp | 4512 | 9-08 | 73 | — | — | 55.7 | 11/4·3.69 | 5/2·3.50Bet365 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2yo · C · b | 012 | 9-05 | 70 | — | — | 54.8 | 5/2·3.54 | 2/1·3.00Bet365 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2yo · F · b | 238 | 9-02 | 67 | — | — | 48.4 | 14/1·15.34 | 12/1·13.00Bet365 |
Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 31 bookmakers per horse with the 18% overround stripped out. A green badge means the best book currently pays above that consensus — a price check, not a tip: the market can be wrong about a horse, this only tells you when a book stands out from it.
Frequently asked questions
What is the field size and distance of the 18:40 Hamilton?
6f, Class 5, Flat, 5 runners declared.
What is the Racing Alpha AI top pick for the 18:40 Hamilton?
The AI top-rated runner is Fern Clyde (score 57.9, best price 5.00). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.
Who is the favourite for the 18:40 Hamilton?
The market favourite is Brandenburg at a best price of 3.00. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — Fern Clyde.
Racing Post verdict
Third-partyOur selection is Quiet Soul, sitting clear at the head of our figures for this Class 5 sprint despite being without a win in its last three starts — a runner-up effort and a third among those runs suggest more ability than the bare results show. A 35-day break is the one concern, but the scale of its rating edge is enough to outweigh that, even though this looks an open, low-confidence renewal on our book. The chief danger is a rival that won two starts back and followed up with a runner-up effort next time, giving it solid form of its own, but on merit Quiet Soul remains our pick.
Racing Post pick: Quiet Soul
Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.
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