Who won the 16:17 Yarmouth on 15 September 2026?
Hamlet's Night (IRE) won the 16:17 Yarmouth at SP 8.00. Ridden by Luke Morris. Trained by James Owen.
16:17 Yarmouth
Thurlow Nunn Standen Groundcare Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)
1m2f · Flat · Class 4 · Good To Soft · 7 runners · £5,653 · Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stHamlet's Night (IRE)Luke Morris·James Owen7/1·8.00SP
- 2ndEchalar (IRE)AI top pick · 50.3Billy Loughnane·Ian Williams·beaten .5 lengths5/1·6.00SP
- 3rdMythical Guest (IRE)Callum Shepherd·George Margarson·beaten 3.75 lengths8/1·9.00SP
Race time
2m 6.22s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Hamlet's Night (IRE))
“Settled in the pack early - urged forward with two furlongs left - quickened swiftly to the front a furlong out - kept finding more to the line - won comfortably”
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.
Other selections
Head-to-head dashboard →Each-way50.3/100 rating
Echalar
7.20Matchbook
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-partyPundit pick: Arthur's Realm
Arthur's Realm heads this seven-runner Class 4 contest over ten furlongs at Yarmouth on soft ground narrowly ahead of the chasing pack, holding an eight-point edge over Hamlet's Night and nine over Percival and Mythical Guest, which represents a meaningful, if not insurmountable, advantage. The soft conditions and the step up to this trip are factors worth monitoring, and Hamlet's Night, Percival and Mythical Guest all have the ability to close that gap if Arthur's Realm fails to reproduce his best form. Confidence is tempered given the closeness of the chasing group, but on the balance of what we know, Arthur's Realm 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
Echalar
Billy Loughnane · Ian Williams · 4yo
Top-rated of 8
score 50.3 · +0.3 clear of next best (50.0)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight85very strong31d since last run (fresh)
- Ratings50% weight51averageOR 76
- Form20% weight50averageLast 6: 7-0-3-4-7-1
- Trainer20% weight33weakIan Williams: 5/40 winners last 14d (13%)
MarketBest price 7.20 (Matchbook) · 3rd in the market of 8.
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 — Yarmouth 1m2f
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.18).
Low (1–3)
IV 1.18
Mid (4–6)
IV 1.09
High (7–8)
IV 0.72
Today: Echalar (draw 3) and Princess Rascal (draw 1) get the bias; Mythical Guest (draw 7) 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. 100 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | J: Luke Morris · T: James Owen · draw 5 5yo · G · bp | 76413 | 80 | 50.0 | 7/1·8.00 SP |
| 2 | 7 | J: Billy Loughnane · T: Ian Williams · draw 3 4yo · G · bh | 703471 | 76 | 50.3 | 5/1·6.00 SP |
| 3 | 4 | J: Callum Shepherd · T: George Margarson · draw 7 6yo · G · b | 993430 | 78 | 49.5 | 8/1·9.00 SP |
| 4 | 5 | J: Saffie Osborne · T: Ed Dunlop · draw 2 4yo · G · b | 26189 | 78 | 46.0 | 6/1·7.00 SP |
| 5 | 8 | J: Darragh Keenan · T: Gihan Arnolda · draw 6 8yo · G · bv | 07757 | 74 | 38.3 | 11/2·6.50 SP |
| 6 | 2 | J: James Doyle · T: Dylan Cunha · draw 4 4yo · G · b | 06345 | 80 | 46.5 | 3/1F·4.00 SP |
| 7 | 6 | J: Tom Marquand · T: Eve Johnson Houghton · draw 8 5yo · G · bp | 02535 | 76 | 47.3 | 9/2·5.50 SP |
| — | — | J: Ray Dawson · T: Oliver Cole · draw 1 4yo · F · chpFT P | 14450 | 80 | 49.1 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 16:17 Yarmouth?
No — the AI top pick (Echalar) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 16:17 Yarmouth?
Top finishers: 1. Hamlet's Night (IRE) (8.00), 2. Echalar (IRE) (6.00), 3. Mythical Guest (IRE) (9.00).
What was the winning time for the 16:17 Yarmouth?
The winning time was 2m 6.22s.
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