Dereham Handicap Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Newmarket (July) · Friday 26 June 2026 · Off 8:10 · Class 5 · 2m · Going: Good To Firm · Purse: £5,154 · 4yo+
British Gambler's Picks
Composite scoring across market position, Racing Post Rating, Topspeed, recent form and trainer 14-day strike rate. Tips, not guarantees — bet responsibly.
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes Prince Quattro the clear favourite (implied 31.3% chance) at 13/8, trained by James Owen. Now The Eagle is the chief market rival at 3/1.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Prince Quattro. Best price available at William Hill — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Now The Eagle at 3/1. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety, particularly with bookies paying Extra Places in big-field handicaps.
★ Bigger-priced angle · The bigger-priced angle: Vilaine Verlaine at 11/2. Form figures of 50-602 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
Class 5 · 2m · Good to firm going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 17% over the last 14 days.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Prince Quattro 31.3% 13/8
- Now The Eagle 20.6% 3/1
- Dereham 20.6% 3/1
- Betelgeuse 15.0% 9/2
- Vilaine Verlaine 12.7% 11/2
Field & Odds (5 runners)
Sorted by market position. Best price shown is the lowest decimal price across the leading UK horse racing bookmakers — tap any bookie pill to bet at that price.
| No. | Horse | J / T | Form | RPR | TS | Best Price | Top Bookies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (3) | Prince Quattro NAP |
J: Mason Paetel(5) T: James Owen |
775424 | 13/8 | |||
| 2 (5) | Now The Eagle EW |
J: Ryan Kavanagh(5) T: Luke Dace |
-81227 | 3/1 | |||
| 5 (2) | Dereham |
J: Nicola Currie T: John Berry |
123P-4 | 10/3 | |||
| 4 (1) | Betelgeuse p |
J: Billy Loughnane T: S Woods |
5-2253 | 9/2 | |||
| 1 (4) | Vilaine Verlaine |
J: Alicia Perkins(7) T: Mark Usher |
50-602 | 6/1 |
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