Who won the 14:15 Bangor-on-Dee on 4 September 2026?
Delgany Second Now (GB) won the 14:15 Bangor-on-Dee at SP 1.44. Ridden by Harry Skelton. Trained by Dan Skelton.
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2m4½f · Chase · Class 5 · Good · 7 runners · £5,281 · Friday, 4 September 2026
Race time recorded.
“Held a forward position early - roused approaching two out and edged in front despite being jolted before the last - drew away under pressure to score”
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Barry Fife arrives at Bangor-on-Dee narrowly behind the top-rated Soldier In Mayo on paper, but a fitness edge, a more solid book of form and a progressive profile all point towards him reversing that marginal deficit over this stamina-testing twenty furlongs on good ground. Soldier In Mayo and Rule Me In are the most obvious dangers, with Moonlightinthepark also worth keeping onside at the foot of the main dangers list, yet neither can match the confidence that Barry Fife's profile inspires heading into this Class 5 contest. Barry Fife is our selection.
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Harry Skelton · Dan Skelton · 4yo
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.
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | J: Harry Skelton · T: Dan Skelton · draw 0 4yo · G · b | 77511 | 81 | 67.8 | 4/9F·1.44 SP |
| 2 | 1 | J: Theo Gillard · T: Donald McCain · draw 0 6yo · G · b | 6431 | 94 | 47.6 | 4/1·5.00 SP |
| 3 | 7 | J: Brendan Powell · T: Sam Allwood · draw 0 7yo · G · cht | 62P4U | 73 | 47.6 | 11/1·12.00 SP |
| 4 | 4 | J: Toby Wynne · T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero · draw 0 5yo · M · bt | 6796P | 89 | 44.6 | 28/1·29.00 SP |
| 5 | 6 | J: Jonathan Burke · T: Alex Hales · draw 0 9yo · G · grht | 8313U | 85 | 55.8 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
| 6 | 2 | J: Charlie Deutsch · T: Mel Rowley · draw 0 7yo · M · bt | 3416 | 93 | 54.1 | 40/1·41.00 SP |
| PU | 3 | J: James Davies · T: Gary Hanmer · draw 0 7yo · G · ch | 35P37 | 93 | 59.3 | 16/1·17.00 SP |
| — | — | J: Jack Tudor · T: Christian Williams · draw 0 7yo · G · bpFT P | 54474 | 86 | 42.4 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Delgany Second Now (GB) won the 14:15 Bangor-on-Dee at SP 1.44. Ridden by Harry Skelton. Trained by Dan Skelton.
Yes — the AI top-rated horse, Delgany Second Now, won the race (AI score 67.8).
Top finishers: 1. Delgany Second Now (GB) (1.44), 2. Soldier In Mayo (IRE) (5.00), 3. Rockvale (IRE) (12.00).
The winning time was 5m 6.18s.
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