17:45 Sandown

Spillers Future Champions Apprentice Handicap Stakes

1m · Flat · Class 4 · Good To Firm · 5 runners · £6,019 · Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick wonat SP 9/1·10.00

1st
Brocklesby Bill (GB)AI top pick · 66.3
Laura Coughlan·Kathy Turner
9/1·10.00
SP
2nd
Jungle Ruler (IRE)
Toby Moore·Michael Appleby·beaten 1.5 lengths
15/8F·2.88
SP
3rd
Best Rate (GB)
Seamus Cronin·Richard Hannon·beaten .5 lengths
9/4·3.25
SP

Race time

1m 45.76s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Brocklesby Bill (GB))

“Settled with plenty of enthusiasm early - set the pace throughout - asked for effort with 2f left and drifted a touch under pressure - finished strongly to score”

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.

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party

Pundit pick: Jungle Ruler

Jungle Ruler heads our ratings on 93 and is our selection for this Class 4 contest at Sandown. Best Rate is the most obvious danger on 90, with Farasi Lane (85) and Happy Banner (82) also holding claims on our figures. It's a tightly-run book of form and confidence in the pick is low, but Jungle Ruler remains narrowly ahead of this trio on merit.

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

Brocklesby Bill

Laura Coughlan · Kathy Turner · 3yo

Top-rated of 5

score 66.3 · +4.5 clear of next best (61.7)

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)
Kathy Turner: 2/5 winners last 14d (40%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
Freshness10% weight
70strong
12d since last run (quick turnaround)
Form20% weight
61average
Last 6: 0-1-2-4
Ratings50% weight
54average
OR 81

MarketBest price 13.00 (Betfair Exchange) · 5th in the market of 5.

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 — Sandown 1m

full course data →

Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.10).

Low (1–2)

IV 1.10

Mid (3–4)

IV 0.85

High (5–5)

IV 1.02

Today: Brocklesby Bill (draw 2) and Best Rate (draw 1) get the bias; Happy Banner (draw 4) 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. 115 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

Pos	No.	Horse	Form	Wt	OR	RPR	TS	AI	SP
1	5	Brocklesby Bill J: Laura Coughlan · T: Kathy Turner · draw 2 3yo · G · bh	0124	9-04	81	—	—	66.3	9/1·10.00 SP
2	4	Jungle Ruler J: Toby Moore(7) · T: Michael Appleby · draw 5 3yo · G · b	444543	9-07	84	—	—	49.3	15/8F·2.88 SP
3	1	Best Rate J: Seamus Cronin · T: Richard Hannon · draw 1 4yo · G · b	432411	10-04	87	—	—	61.0	9/4·3.25 SP
4	3	Happy Banner J: Ashley Lewis · T: Ed Walker · draw 4 4yo · G · btp	23322	9-07	76	—	—	61.7	3/1·4.00 SP
5	2	Farasi Lane J: Oliver Carmichael(5) · T: Micky Hammond · draw 3 8yo · G · bp	465551	9-10	79	—	—	51.8	9/1·10.00 SP

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:45 Sandown on 29 July 2026?

Brocklesby Bill (GB) won the 17:45 Sandown at SP 10.00. Ridden by Laura Coughlan. Trained by Kathy Turner.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:45 Sandown?

Yes — the AI top-rated horse, Brocklesby Bill, won the race (AI score 66.3).

What were the placings in the 17:45 Sandown?

Top finishers: 1. Brocklesby Bill (GB) (10.00), 2. Jungle Ruler (IRE) (2.88), 3. Best Rate (GB) (3.25).

What was the winning time for the 17:45 Sandown?

The winning time was 1m 45.76s.

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