Getaway Car tops today's ratings on the back of a run of form that reads better with every line you check. The trainer C R Morris has moved this dog up from A3 to A2 over the last month at Yarmouth and each time out there's been evidence of real improvement: a win last time in 28.33, before that a close second beaten only a length in 27.89, the second-fastest time recorded in that spell. There's a small blip in between, a fourth at the same grade, but sandwiched between two eye-catching runs it looks like more of a hiccup than a trend.
Today it's back at Yarmouth over the 462m trip it clearly handles, stepping down to A9, dropping from trap 5 territory to trap 2 for the 21:04. That's the box that gave it the 28.33 winning run last time out, and the composite score of 75 is well clear of the field it faces this evening: the next-best rated runner in opposition, A Simple Favour, sits on 44. Aurelia Geegee (45, trap 1) and Onthelookout (38, trap 5) fill out a moderate-looking line-up in comparison.
What stands out isn't just the raw pace, it's the consistency at the track and trip together. Three of the last four starts have come at Yarmouth over 462m, and two of those were wins with the other a beaten short head. That's course knowledge and conditions form working in tandem, which tends to be a more reliable signal than a single fast time from elsewhere. There was a step up to 661m at Doncaster in between that produced a solid second, suggesting there's stamina in reserve too, even if the sharper trip back home is clearly the preferred one.
On what's in front of it tonight, Getaway Car looks the class piece of the puzzle, with the type of course-specific record that tends to hold up when the market gets a look at it.