Handicap Analysis
Each week we go through the new handicap marks, flagging the horses dropped too kindly and those raised far too little. The kind of edge that hides in plain sight in the ratings.
BHA Handicap Marks: King Of The Frontier +21 at Cheltenham
King Of The Frontier is up 21lb and Diamond Ri 11lb after Cheltenham's opening meeting, while Lord Byron finally gets 5lb back and three of ours are left alone.
27 Oct 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Lexington Blitz +8 and Vintage Clarets
Lexington Blitz is up 8lb for winning the Catterick Dash, Vintage Clarets is left alone on 77 after the draw beat him, and Ebt's Guard goes up for finishing…
20 Oct 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Coul Angel +3 and the Sprint Trophy
Coul Angel wins the Sprint Trophy and goes to 106, Toca Madera is up 4lb for another York win, and the Cesarewitch leaves Beylerbeyi a pound lower.
13 Oct 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Shimmering Sun +7 and the Challenge Cup
Shimmering Sun wins a Listed and goes up 7lb, Moonfall is raised for his Challenge Cup 2nd, and Pierre Royal's Cambridgeshire rise lands at 7lb.
6 Oct 2026Well Handicapped National Hunt Horses for 2026/27
30 jumps horses whose form has been franked. They finished close to rivals who have since gone up 10lb, 15lb, even 30lb, and their own marks have not moved.
4 Oct 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Song N Dance +10 and the Cambridgeshire
Song N Dance is up 10lb after a Listed 3rd, Mezzo Forte's first mark of 97 shuts him out of every nursery, and the Cambridgeshire winner we let go.
29 Sep 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Coul Angel +9 and the Ayr Gold Cup
Coul Angel's British mark jumps 9lb to match his Irish one, Valedictory is up 5lb for the Mallard, and Tuco Salamanca prices himself out at 110.
22 Sep 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Devil's Peak +5 and the Cesarewitch
Devil's Peak wins at Doncaster and goes up 5lb, Loriko runs off 9lb less than his new mark at Kelso, and Beylerbeyi is 2lb well in for the Cesarewitch.
15 Sep 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Thunder Call +9 and the Schweppes
Two weeks of handicap marks: Thunder Call wins at Ascot and is put up 9lb, Song N Dance wins off the 83 we flagged, and 6 of our horses win in a fortnight.
8 Sep 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Hopewell Rock, Small Fry and the Ebor
Two weeks of handicap marks in one: Hopewell Rock second in the Ebor off the rise that sent him there, Small Fry winning at York, and why a bare mark tells…
25 Aug 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Tuco Salamanca and the Shergar Cup
This week's marks are all about the Shergar Cup: Tuco Salamanca up 6lb, All Ways Glamorous left alone on 97, and why a drop out of Ascot can be a kind one.
11 Aug 2026BHA Handicap Marks: Hopewell Rock and the Summer Handicap
This week's BHA and Irish handicap marks: Hopewell Rock up 5lb for the Summer Handicap, the O'Brien raiders put up at home, and Geryon raised 5lb for a defeat.
4 Aug 2026