What time is the Sky Bet Stayers Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)?
The Sky Bet Stayers Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) is off at 16:10 on 19 August 2026 at York (Great Britain).
Sky Bet Stayers Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
2m½f · Flat · Class 2 · Good · 16 runners · £51,540 · Wednesday, 19 August 2026
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
One book stands out from the de-overrounded consensus of 30 bookmakers. A price check, not a tip — the market can be wrong about a horse.
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Prydwen heads the ratings alongside Duke Of Oxford, the pair narrowly ahead of a deep and competitive field over this searching sixteen-furlong trip at York, and there is precious little to separate the top two on the figures alone, which is why confidence here is modest. Duke Of Oxford represents the most obvious threat and cannot be dismissed in a race of this size and quality, with Kilmeaden and Ride The Thunder also capable of making their presence felt from just off the pace. Nevertheless, Prydwen's rating gives him a share of the best credentials in the field and York's stamina test should suit a thorough stayer of his profile. Prydwen 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.
Colin Keane · Henrietta C Knight · 8yo
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
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.
Shape: Lone front-runner — could dictate from the front if unchallenged.
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.
Sample too small to call at this course and trip.
IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 35 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest · Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 19–30 bookmakers per horse with the 42% overround stripped out. A green best price 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.
The Sky Bet Stayers Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) is off at 16:10 on 19 August 2026 at York (Great Britain).
2m½f, Class 2, Flat, 16 runners declared.
Going is reported as Good on Turf.
The AI top-rated runner is In The Breeze (score 69.2, best price 40.00). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.
The market favourite is Small Fry at a best price of 4.80. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — In The Breeze.
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