Brighton — 5 August 2026

Class 6 · 0m5f215y · Good To Firm · 5 ran

Not a bet. The horse we made most likely: Cape Toronada (6/4)

Won by: Cape Toronada (FR) at 11/8F · then Beach Partee (GB)

What we said: She's the classiest sort in this weak Class 6 field, with a recent win and only fair placings since, and unlike the two Havana Grey fillies she carries no going caveat if the forecast rain softens this Good to Firm surface. Tony Carroll's yard keeps finding the frame with her and the 5f trip suits a filly who's already shown she handles a battle.

Class 6 · 0m7f216y · Good To Firm · 9 ran

Not a bet. The horse we made most likely: Rovinia (9/4)

Won by: River Wharfe (GB) at 2/1F · then Rovinia (GB), Rainbow Sign (GB)

What we said: She's the one horse in this field with a clear upward trend, finishing runner-up in both her last two starts, and her draw in stall 5 carries no penalty on a track that only bites at the extremes. The consistent recent placings (589522) contrast sharply with the choppier profiles of the other market leader, River Wharfe, who is also drawn on the wrong side of this horseshoe track.

Class 4 · 0m7f216y · Good To Firm · 9 ran

Not a bet. The horse we made most likely: Silca Bay (3/1)

Won by: Sea Suite (IRE) at 3/1 · then Tex (FR), Northern Empire (IRE)

What we said: Comes into this race in career-best form, having landed the last two starts with authority and carrying the highest speed figure of anyone in the field, and the addition of cheekpieces looks a shrewd move to sharpen him further for this step up in class. He's drawn out of trouble in the middle of the field at a track where the inside stalls hold a slight edge, and his in-form yard has this exact type of sprint-handicapper firing on all cylinders right now.

Class 6 · 1m1f207y · Good To Firm · 6 ran

Not a bet. The horse we made most likely: Buckland Belle (evn)

Won by: Port Darwin (IRE) at 6/1 · then It's Life (GB)

What we said: The form line reads 513221, a clear upward trajectory with two wins and two seconds in her last four, and she's stepping into this small, weak Class 6 field on the back of that momentum. Ollie Sangster's yard is in red-hot form (41% last fortnight) and Edward Greatrex rides her again having partnered the recent placed efforts, giving continuity that matters in a race like this. The market's other leading threat, Port Darwin, carries a soft-ground sire profile that works against him on this quick surface, which further clears the way for the in-form filly.

Class 6 · 0m6f210y · Good To Firm · 9 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Havana Mojito (6/4)

Won by: Viking Glory (IRE) at 5/1 · then Redredrobin (GB), The Organiser (GB)

What we said: Havana Mojito looks the one to beat on true form (452222, working into a race nicely) but he's drawn 8 of 9 against a draw bias that favours the inside, and his sire's stamp for fast ground sits awkwardly with rain forecast to soften this "Good to Firm" surface — too many question marks to take odds-on about a Class 6 sprinter. Behind him it's scrappy: Viking Glory is drifting into first-time cheekpieces, which reads more like a worry than an angle, and King Cherry's favourable draw and going-suited pedigree are offset by only modest recent form.

Class 6 · 0m5f60y · Good To Firm · 6 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Faustus (5/2)

Won by: Secret Handsheikh (GB) at 11/4 · then Kento (GB)

What we said: Faustus, Kento and Secret Handsheikh all arrive here with genuine, overlapping claims: Faustus carries two separate fast-ground pedigree ticks and a improving finishing trend into first-time blinkers, Kento is the most consistently in-form of the six with four straight top-three efforts, and Secret Handsheikh's Mayson blood is built for this Good to Firm surface too — nothing in the form book cleanly separates the three at their current prices. Pop Dancer's class-best figures are buried under a 339-day layoff of unknown value, and Titus Thor/Coast are simply not fast enough on official ratings to trouble this trio.