What time is the Roy Winstanley Memorial Raising Encephalitis Awareness Handicap Stakes?
The Roy Winstanley Memorial Raising Encephalitis Awareness Handicap Stakes is off at 17:00 on 26 July 2026 at Pontefract (Great Britain).
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Pontefract
Great BritainRoy Winstanley Memorial Raising Encephalitis Awareness Handicap Stakes
Sunday, 26 July 2026
6f·Flat·Class 6·Good To Firm·11 runners·£3,402
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 →v1.041.4/100 rating
Go Victor
51.00Bet365· informational only
Top-rated, but filter rejects this race
v1.1
No pick
Race outside the segment-edge filter
Each-way40.5/100 rating
Bullington Bry
4.70Betfair Exchange
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Racing Alpha pick
Go Victor
Paul Mulrennan · Tony Culhane & Stella Barclay · 3yo
41.4/100
+0.8 vs next best (40.5)
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight100very strong23d since last run (race-fit window)
- Trainer20% weight63averageTony Culhane & Stella Barclay: 1/4 winners last 14d (25%)
- Ratings50% weight37below averageOR 55 — highest combined rating in the field
- Form20% weight3weakLast 6: 8-0-0-0-9
MarketBest price 51.00 (Bet365) — 11th pick of 11 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(7)
- 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 | 9 | 7yo · M · bp | 943555 | 9-09 | 51 | — | — | 30.9 | 11/2·6.75 | 9/2·5.50Bet365 | ||
| 2 | 11 | 4yo · G · bb | 574702 | 9-08 | 50 | — | — | 40.5 | 4/1·4.85 | 4.7·4.70Betfair Exchange | ||
| 3 | 1 | 9yo · G · bv | 023745 | 9-08 | 50 | — | — | 31.3 | 5/1·6.23 | 3.75/1·4.75CopyBet | ||
| 4 | 10 | 3yo · G · b | 80009 | 9-08 | 55 | — | — | 41.4 | 50/1·47.10+8% vs mkt | 50/1·51.00Bet365 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 7yo · G · brv | 801338 | 9-07 | 49 | — | — | 33.5 | 12/1·13.85 | 9/1·10.00Coral | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3yo · F · bp | 514605 | 9-05 | 52 | — | — | 33.3 | 18/1·18.01 | 15·16.00SmarketsSBK | ||
| 7 | 8 | 3yo · F · b | 622215 | 9-04 | 51 | — | — | 40.4 | 5/1·6.23 | 5.6·5.60Betfair Exchange | ||
| 8 | 2 | 4yo · G · bp | 05959 | 9-03 | 45 | — | — | 25.0 | 33/1·36.02 | 33/1·34.00Bet365 | ||
| 9 | 7 | 7yo · G · ch | 745034 | 9-03 | 45 | — | — | 37.8 | 20/1·20.78 | 16/1·17.00Bet365 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 4yo · G · b | 58800 | 9-03 | 45 | — | — | 38.6 | 33/1·36.02 | 33/1·34.00Bet365 | ||
| 11 | 6 | 3yo · F · btv | 866838 | 9-02 | 49 | — | — | 28.2 | 12/1·13.85 | 10/1·11.00Midnite |
Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 30 bookmakers per horse with the 39% 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 17:00 Pontefract?
6f, Class 6, Flat, 11 runners declared.
What is the going for the 17:00 Pontefract?
Going is reported as Good To Firm on Turf.
What is the Racing Alpha AI top pick for the 17:00 Pontefract?
The AI top-rated runner is Go Victor (score 41.4, best price 51.00). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.
Who is the favourite for the 17:00 Pontefract?
The market favourite is Bullington Bry at a best price of 4.70. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — Go Victor.
Racing Post verdict
Third-partyGo Victor is our selection, preferred over the head of our ratings on a progressive profile rather than sheer figures, sitting only three pounds behind Starsong at the top of an eleven-runner field. Starsong, Eldeyaar and Bullington Bry all rate within a pound of one another and stand out as the chief dangers in this Pontefract sprint on good to firm. It's a competitive race and this is a low-confidence verdict, but Go Victor's overall profile gives him the nod ahead of that more highly rated trio.
Racing Post pick: Go Victor
Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.
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