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17:05 Lingfield

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1m2f · Flat · Class 4 · Good To Firm · 5 runners · £5,653 · Saturday, 1 August 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 5th
  1. 1st
    Bintknight (GB)
    Lewis Edmunds·Harry Charlton
    13/8F·2.62
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Londoner (IRE)
    Ebrahim Nader·Daniel & Claire Kubler·beaten 1 length
    4/1·5.00
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Epictetus (IRE)
    William Carver·Jamie Osborne·beaten .75 lengths
    5/1·6.00
    SP
Race time
2m 7.77s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Bintknight (GB))

“Set the pace from the off - roused two furlongs out then challenged inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to prevail close home”

AI top-rated Starlight Time (score 62.8) finished 5th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 5.00 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: Londoner

Londoner heads this field narrowly ahead of Epictetus on form figures and has the look of a horse well suited by this trip on ground that should play to his strengths at Lingfield. Epictetus is the chief danger and will need watching throughout, while Starlight Time and Percival are capable of making their presence felt if either finds improvement on the day. On balance, the form reading points firmly in one direction. **Londoner** is our selection.

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

Starlight Time

Sean D Bowen · Roger Varian · 3yo

Top-rated of 5
score 62.8 · +4.2 clear of next best (58.6)
Scores compare runners within this race only

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    22d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Trainer20% weight
    90very strong
    Roger Varian: 10/28 winners last 14d (36%)
  • Ratings50% weight
    56average
    OR 84
  • Form20% weight
    34weak
    Last 6: 1-8-1-8-8
MarketNo market price available yet.

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 — Lingfield 1m2f

full course data →

Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.14).

Low (1–2)
IV 1.14
Mid (3–4)
IV 0.88
High (5–5)
IV 0.96

Today: Starlight Time (draw 2) and Londoner (draw 1) get the bias; Bintknight (draw 3) 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. 64 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
15
J: Lewis Edmunds · T: Harry Charlton · draw 3
3yo · F · ch
512
7758.6
13/8F·2.62
SP
21
6yo · G · chp
315954
8654.2
4/1·5.00
SP
33
J: William Carver · T: Jamie Osborne · draw 5
6yo · G · b
233052
7954.3
5/1·6.00
SP
42
J: Taryn Langley(5) · T: Dylan Cunha · draw 4
4yo · G · b
45063
8344.6
7/2·4.50
SP
54
J: Sean D Bowen · T: Roger Varian · draw 2
3yo · C · bh
18188
8462.8
5/1·6.00
SP

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:05 Lingfield on 1 August 2026?

Bintknight (GB) won the 17:05 Lingfield at SP 2.62. Ridden by Lewis Edmunds. Trained by Harry Charlton.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:05 Lingfield?

No — the AI top pick (Starlight Time) finished 5.

What were the placings in the 17:05 Lingfield?

Top finishers: 1. Bintknight (GB) (2.62), 2. Londoner (IRE) (5.00), 3. Epictetus (IRE) (6.00).

What was the winning time for the 17:05 Lingfield?

The winning time was 2m 7.77s.

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