Handicappers and Gypsies both have crystal balls

Trip Of Fortune has seen his merit rating increased from 119 to 125 following his success on WFA terms in the Gr1 H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes Saturday 1 April.
The Handicappers were of the view that fourth- placed Under Your Spell made for the best line horse here, leaving her unchanged on a mark of 114.
and for GIMME A SHOT, who was raised from 112 to 113. The last named encountered considerable interference in running and would doubtless have finished closer otherwise, therefore the Handicappers are comfortable with a slight increase in her rating.

So Gimme A Shot is increased because she may have run better????