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Ripon · Tuesday 1 September 2026 · Off 2:10 · Class 5 · 1m1f170y · Going: Soft · Purse: £4,711 · 4yo+
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes His Finest Hour the clear favourite (implied 27.5% chance) at 6/4, trained by Tina Jackson. Cosmos Raj is the chief market rival at 9/4.
★ Top pick · Top pick: His Finest Hour. Best price available at 7Bet — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Cosmos Raj at 9/4. 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: Precious Spartan at 20/1. Form figures of 73-980 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
Class 5 · 1m1f170y · Soft going.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- His Finest Hour 27.5% 6/4
- Cosmos Raj 21.1% 9/4
- Poet's Dawn 12.5% 9/2
- Draupnir 12.5% 9/2
- Yermanthere 9.8% 6/1
- Triple Force 7.6% 8/1
- No Knee Never 5.7% 11/1
- Precious Spartan 3.3% 20/1
Field & Odds (8 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) | His Finest Hour NAP |
J: Warren Fentiman T: Tina Jackson |
262-32 | 3/2 | |||
| 7 (1) | Cosmos Raj |
J: Conor Whiteley(3) T: David O'Meara |
766441 | 5/2 | |||
| 1 (2) | Poet's Dawn EW p |
J: Jake Dickson(5) T: Tim Easterby |
311179 | 24/5 | |||
| 6 (8) | Draupnir |
J: Shay Farmer(3) T: Michael & David Easterby |
353705 | 9/2 | |||
| 4 (6) | Yermanthere DH |
J: Rhys Elliott(3) T: Tim Easterby |
051226 | 6/1 | |||
| NR (7) | Triple Force p |
J: Alex Jary T: Craig Lidster |
8-0434 | — | Prices update closer to the off | ||
| 5 (4) | No Knee Never tp |
J: Seamus Cronin T: James Owen |
350306 | 11/1 | |||
| 8 (5) | Precious Spartan |
J: Cian Horgan(3) T: Patrick Neville |
73-980 | 20/1 |
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