17:00 Salisbury

Champagne Joseph Perrier Handicap Stakes

1m2f · Flat · Class 4 · Good To Firm · 6 runners · £5,888 · Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 4th

1st
Mythical Bird (IRE)
Rob Hornby·Hughie Morrison
7/1·8.00
SP
2nd
Almekarem (IRE)
Luke Morris·Sir Mark Prescott Bt·beaten 0.3 lengths
3/1·4.00
SP
3rd
Fox Avatar (IRE)
Oisin Murphy·Roger Varian·beaten 2 lengths
7/2·4.50
SP

Race time

2m 7.77s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Mythical Bird (IRE))

“Held up towards the back early - made progress into contention 2f out - shaken up battling for third with a furlong left - went after the pacesetter with a furlong and a half remaining - powerful late burst to get up in the final strides”

AI top-rated Londoner (score 65.1) finished 4th.

Settled · 1pt level stake = 2.75 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: Miss Tonnerre

Miss Tonnerre heads this Salisbury mile-and-a-quarter heat on a rating clearly ahead of Londoner, and she has run over this trip on good-to-firm ground before. Londoner, Eupator and Carnival Day represent the chief dangers, though none of the trio can match her on these figures. Miss Tonnerre is the 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

Londoner

Tom Marquand · Daniel & Claire Kubler · 6yo

Top-rated of 6

score 65.1 · +11.2 clear of next best (53.9)

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
100very strong
Daniel & Claire Kubler: 6/15 winners last 14d (40%)
Freshness10% weight
70strong
11d since last run (quick turnaround)
Ratings50% weight
57average
OR 86 — highest combined rating in the field
Form20% weight
47below average
Last 6: 1-5-9-5-4-2

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 — Salisbury 1m2f

full course data →

Strong: high (outside) favoured (IV 1.39).

Low (1–3)

IV 0.74

Mid (4–5)

IV 0.87

High (6–7)

IV 1.39

Today: Londoner (draw 6) and Eupator (draw 7) get the bias; Almekarem (draw 1) 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. 62 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	7	Mythical Bird J: Rob Hornby · T: Hughie Morrison · draw 2 4yo · F · gr	13003	8-12	74	—	—	41.6	7/1·8.00 SP
2	4	Almekarem J: Luke Morris · T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt · draw 1 4yo · G · b	36417	9-02	78	—	—	51.0	3/1·4.00 SP
3	2	Fox Avatar J: Oisin Murphy · T: Roger Varian · draw 5 5yo · G · b	15167	9-07	83	—	—	53.9	7/2·4.50 SP
4	1	Londoner J: Tom Marquand · T: Daniel & Claire Kubler · draw 6 6yo · G · chp	159542	9-10	86	—	—	65.1	11/4F·3.75 SP
5	6	Carnival Day J: Pat Cosgrave · T: Jim Boyle · draw 4 5yo · G · b	24374	9-01	77	—	—	44.1	9/2·5.50 SP
6	5	Eupator J: Sean Levey · T: Richard Hannon · draw 7 4yo · G · chpFT P	942563	9-01	77	—	—	49.3	17/2·9.50 SP
—	—	Miss Tonnerre J: Kieran Shoemark · T: Ed Walker · draw 3 4yo · F · bh	77040	9-07	83	—	—	48.2	—

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:00 Salisbury on 12 August 2026?

Mythical Bird (IRE) won the 17:00 Salisbury at SP 8.00. Ridden by Rob Hornby. Trained by Hughie Morrison.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:00 Salisbury?

No — the AI top pick (Londoner) finished 4.

What were the placings in the 17:00 Salisbury?

Top finishers: 1. Mythical Bird (IRE) (8.00), 2. Almekarem (IRE) (4.00), 3. Fox Avatar (IRE) (4.50).

What was the winning time for the 17:00 Salisbury?

The winning time was 2m 7.77s.

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