WILLIAM STAYS ON A 109

The Justin Snaith-trained Itsrainingwilliam remains unchanged on a mark of 109 after he captured the Gr3 WSB Legal Eagle Stakes over 1800m on the winter course at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday 20 May.

It was in fact the winner himself who was deemed to make for the best line horse, hence his unchanged rating.

In assessing the race this way third finisher Rockpool also runs to his rating, leaving him unchanged on a mark of 109 and effectively making him a line horse as well.

The only ratings increase was for runner-up Master Redoute, who goes up from 99 to 105.

However, the specific conditions of the race do not allow for a greater increase than six pounds for the first three finishers and as such Master Redoute had to be capped at 105 even though he actually achieved a mark of 107.

Similarly, the race conditions allow for no ratings increase at all beyond the first three finishers and so 4th placed King Regent remains unchanged on a mark of 103 although actually running to a rating of 108.

The only drop was for Pomp And Power, who is down slightly from 124 to 123.