BRIGHTON · WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 2026

5:00 Free Race Replays On Attheraces.com Handicap Stakes (Brighton Summer Sprint Series Qualifier) Betting Odds & Favourite

Class 6 5.5f Good To Firm 3yo+ £4,187

Runners

Favourite

Faustus

Best price

2.25

★ FORM TEAM VERDICT

The market makes Faustus the clear favourite (implied 28.7% chance) at 2.25, trained by Rachel Cook & John Bridger. Kento is the chief market rival at 11/4.

A competitive heat at the top of the market — three or four runners are within touching distance of each other on price.

Top pick · Top pick: Faustus. Backs up its market position with form, and the price is the shortest in the betting — which historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at this class level. Best price available at SmarketsSBK.

Each-way · Each-way value sits with Kento at 11/4. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety even on a stiff handicap, particularly with several books paying extra places in big-field handicaps.

Value play · The bigger-priced angle: Pop Dancer at 14. Form figures of 21200- show place form within recent runs, and at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.

Class 6 · 5.5f · Good to firm going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 10% over the last 14 days.

— horse.bet form team · auto-updated

★ MARKET-IMPLIED WIN PROBABILITIES

Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on the best UK bookmaker price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.

Faustus 28.7% 2.25
Kento 24.9% 11/4
Secret Handsheikh 20.7% 7/2
Titus Thor 11.0% 15/2
Coast 8.5% 10
Pop Dancer 6.2% 14

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★ Selections at a glance

TOP PICK

Faustus

Market leader, best-supported price

EACH-WAY

Kento

Chief market rival, place value

DARK HORSE

Pop Dancer

Form figures suggest place chance

# Runners & odds comparison

Market: Winner

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Runner	B365	BFR	WH	LAD	UNI	10B	GRS	LSB	SPX	SBK	Best
4(2) Faustus FAV Ryan Kavanagh(3) · Rachel Cook & John Bridger · Form 377262	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/1	2.25	2.25 SBK
2(3) Kento EW William Carson · Tony Carroll · Form 351233	5/2	11/4	11/4	5/2	5/2	5/2	11/4	5/2	5/2	2.6	11/4 WH
3(7) Secret Handsheikh Cieren Fallon · John Gallagher · Form 038715	7/2	10/3	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2	3.5	7/2 B365
6(1) Titus Thor Edward Greatrex · Malcolm Saunders · Form 70-955	15/2	7/1	7/1	7/1	13/2	13/2	6/1	6/1	7/1	7	15/2 B365
7(6) Coast Christian Howarth(3) · Scott Dixon · Form 360536	9/1	8/1	9/1	9/1	17/2	8/1	17/2	9/1	17/2	10	10 SBK
1(4) Pop Dancer VALUE Jack Doughty · Tony Carroll · Form 21200-	11/1	11/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	14	14 SBK

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About the 5:00 at Brighton

The 5:00 at Brighton on Wednesday 5 August 2026 is a Class 6 flat over 5.5f on good to firm going. The field of 6 runners contests prize money of £4,187.

The market leader is Faustus at a best price of 2.25 with SmarketsSBK, trained by Rachel Cook & John Bridger and ridden by Ryan Kavanagh(3).