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16:10 Newbury

Pump Technology Nursery Handicap Stakes

7f · Flat · Class 5 · Good To Firm · 14 runners · £5,757 · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Result

Race report

Result settled
  1. 1st
    Mobadir (IRE)
    Kieran Shoemark·Ed Walker
    5/2·3.50
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Primal (GB)
    Oisin Murphy·Andrew Balding·beaten 1.25 lengths
    13/8F·2.62
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Magi Melchior (GB)
    Sean Levey·Richard Hannon·beaten 1 length
    22/1·23.00
    SP
Race time
1m 24.60s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Mobadir (IRE))

Led from the outset - pushed along inside final two furlongs - stayed on strongly to the line - won

Settled · 1pt level stake = 20.00 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.

Each-way49.8/100 rating
Regal Tiger
8.20Matchbook

Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party
Pundit pick: Primal

Primal is preferred here on the strength of a progressive profile that suggests more improvement is still to come, even if Global Success heads the field on ratings and cannot be dismissed lightly in a competitive fifteen-runner Class 5 contest over seven furlongs at Newbury on good-to-firm ground. Magi Melchior and Regal Tiger also represent genuine dangers and make this a tricky puzzle to solve, hence confidence is tempered. On balance, however, Primal's upward trajectory gives reason to think the ratings picture does not tell the full story, and he is the one to be on.

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

Golden Oasis

Robbie Downey · Robert Edwards · 2yo

Top-rated of 15
score 63.5 · +8.7 clear of next best (54.8)
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=1)
    Robert Edwards: 1/1 winners last 14d (100%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Freshness10% weight
    85very strong
    49d since last run (fresh)
  • Form20% weight
    62average
    Last 6: 8-5-1
  • Ratings50% weight
    45below average
    OR 68
MarketBest price 250.00 (Matchbook) · 10th in the market of 15.

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 — Newbury 7f

full course data →

Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.16).

Low (1–5)
IV 0.99
Mid (6–10)
IV 1.16
High (11–15)
IV 0.86

Today: Primal (draw 10) and Regal Tiger (draw 6) get the bias; Mino (draw 13) 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. 147 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
16
J: Kieran Shoemark · T: Ed Walker · draw 4
2yo · G · b
6671
7246.6
5/2·3.50
SP
22
J: Oisin Murphy · T: Andrew Balding · draw 10
2yo · C · ch
6484
7351.2
13/8F·2.62
SP
31
J: Sean Levey · T: Richard Hannon · draw 8
2yo · C · b
440
7541.5
22/1·23.00
SP
414
J: David Egan · T: J S Moore · draw 7
2yo · F · b
53238
6149.3
25/1·26.00
SP
512
J: Taylor Fisher · T: J S Moore · draw 5
2yo · F · bp
563252
6753.6
25/1·26.00
SP
610
J: J F Egan · T: Dean Ivory · draw 9
2yo · F · b
955
6938.2
66/1·67.00
SP
713
J: Ashley Lewis(3) · T: Marcus Tregoning · draw 12
2yo · F · b
515
6743.0
33/1·34.00
SP
83
J: Hector Crouch · T: Ralph Beckett · draw 1
2yo · C · b
383
7350.0
9/1·10.00
SP
98
2yo · C · b
562
6944.6
28/1·29.00
SP
109
J: Rob Hornby · T: Marcus Tregoning · draw 3
2yo · F · ch
01
6946.3
22/1·23.00
SP
1115
J: Saffie Osborne · T: Richard Hughes · draw 14
2yo · C · ch
8057
5939.9
33/1·34.00
SP
125
J: Marco Ghiani · T: Marco Botti · draw 13
2yo · C · b
652
7354.8
5/1·6.00
SP
137
J: Callum Rodriguez · T: Charles Hills · draw 11
2yo · G · b
651065
7045.1
50/1·51.00
SP
UR11
J: Robbie Downey · T: Robert Edwards · draw 2
2yo · F · b
851
6863.5
20/1·21.00
SP
J: Billy Loughnane · T: Hugo Palmer · draw 6
2yo · C · b
422
7349.8

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

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 16:10 Newbury on 26 August 2026?

Mobadir (IRE) won the 16:10 Newbury at SP 3.50. Ridden by Kieran Shoemark. Trained by Ed Walker.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 16:10 Newbury?

No — the AI top pick (Golden Oasis) finished UR.

What were the placings in the 16:10 Newbury?

Top finishers: 1. Mobadir (IRE) (3.50), 2. Primal (GB) (2.62), 3. Magi Melchior (GB) (23.00).

What was the winning time for the 16:10 Newbury?

The winning time was 1m 24.60s.

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