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Racing TV Handicap Stakes

7f · Flat · Class 6 · Standard To Slow · 11 runners · £3,140 · Monday, 5 October 2026

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Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Top rated
No. 7 · score 43.1 · +1.1 clear of next best · best 20/1·22.00

Drawn 5, inside the favoured middle third at this course and trip.

Best value vs consensus
29·29.00 Matchbook · +3% vs fair (consensus 28.29)

One book stands out from the de-overrounded consensus of 28 bookmakers. A price check, not a tip — the market can be wrong about a horse.

Each-way42.1/100 rating
Creciente
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: Bessie WallisDiffers from our pick

Bessie Wallis heads our ratings on 61, four pounds clear of Creciente on 57, and that is enough to make her the call in an open-looking Class 6 contest over 7f at Kempton. The edge over the dangers is modest rather than decisive, with Creciente the chief threat, Who Is Alice only a point further back on 56 and Ridger on 53 also in the picture. Behind that quartet Leia Antilles (52) and Arc La Shari (51) are not far adrift, so Bessie Wallis only needs to run to her figure to be involved at the business end, even if confidence is low. Bessie Wallis 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

Squashy Berry

Joe Leavy · Chris Dwyer · 3yo

Top-rated of 11
score 43.1 · +1.1 clear of next best (42.1)
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=7)
    Chris Dwyer: 3/7 winners last 14d (43%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
  • Freshness10% weight
    65strong
    119d since last run (rusty)
  • Ratings50% weight
    31weak
    OR 46
  • Form20% weight
    7weak
    Last 6: 0-8-7-0
MarketBest price 22.00 (Smarkets) · 5th in the market of 11.

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.

Pace map

inferred from last 6 runs

Shape: 5 confirmed front-runners — expect a pace duel; closers from the rear advantaged.

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.

Draw bias — Kempton (AW) 7f

full course data →

Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.17).

Low (1–4)
IV 1.05
Mid (5–8)
IV 1.17
High (9–11)
IV 0.80

Today: Squashy Berry (draw 5) and Creciente (draw 7) get the bias; Ridger (draw 10) 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. 665 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by AI score

Fair price = de-overrounded market consensus · green best price = beats fair
No.HorseFormORAIFairBestAdd to betslip
7
J: Joe Leavy · T: Chris Dwyer · draw 5
3yo · G · bpFT POnly runner
0870
4643.122/1·22.9022·22.00
Smarkets · -4% vs fair
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3
J: David Egan · T: Rod Millman · draw 7
3yo · F · bpDOnly pairing
461238
5442.18/1·8.768.2·8.20
Matchbook · -6% vs fair
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4
J: George Bass · T: Grace Harris · draw 1
3yo · F · bhOnly runner
655305
5340.816/1·17.5127·27.00
Matchbook · +54% vs fair
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5
J: Stevie Donohoe · T: Ollie Sangster · draw 10 · combo 3/33 (9%)
3yo · G · btD
997231
4737.86/5·2.184/6·1.67
Bet365 · -23% vs fair
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6
J: Pierre-Louis Jamin · T: Charlie Pike · draw 4
3yo · F · bOnly pairing
68698
4734.528/1·28.2929·29.00
Matchbook · +3% vs fair
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8
J: Charles Bishop · T: Adam Kirby · draw 2 · combo 2/25 (8%)
3yo · F · bOnly runner
059767
4333.525/1·25.5938·38.00
Matchbook · +49% vs fair
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9
J: Cieren Fallon · T: Conrad Allen · draw 11
3yo · F · bbOnly pairing
435564
4331.47/1·8.0812·12.00
Matchbook · +49% vs fair
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1
J: Kieren Fox · T: Michael Attwater · draw 6 · combo 1/45 (2%)
3yo · F · b
554487
5530.528/1·28.2928·28.00
Matchbook
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2
J: Oisin Orr · T: Ivan Furtado · draw 8
3yo · F · bt
36070
5530.025/1·25.5918/1·19.00
Coral · -26% vs fair
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10
J: Nicola Currie · T: Henry Candy · draw 9 · combo 6/45 (13%)
3yo · F · ch
874567
4028.033/1·35.0265·65.00
Matchbook · +86% vs fair
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11
J: Myla Coppins(5) · T: David Flood · draw 3
3yo · F · btOnly runner
09988
3825.840/1·39.0670·70.00
Matchbook · +79% vs fair
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OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest · Fair= the market's own consensus: median price across 28 bookmakers per horse with the 35% 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.

Frequently asked questions

What time is the Racing TV Handicap Stakes?

The Racing TV Handicap Stakes is off at 19:45 on 5 October 2026 at Kempton (AW) (Great Britain).

What is the field size and distance of the 19:45 Kempton (AW)?

7f, Class 6, Flat, 11 runners declared.

What is the going for the 19:45 Kempton (AW)?

Going is reported as Standard To Slow on AW.

What is the Racing Alpha AI top pick for the 19:45 Kempton (AW)?

The AI top-rated runner is Squashy Berry (score 43.1, best price 22.00). Methodology: ratings combine OR, RPR, TS, trainer 14-day form, days since last run and going.

Who is the favourite for the 19:45 Kempton (AW)?

The market favourite is Ridger at a best price of 1.67. The Racing Alpha AI top pick is a different horse — Squashy Berry.

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