Ashen
Ashen has been a frustrating horse to follow — the kind that promises more than it delivers. The four-year-old broke its duck at Ayr back in May, claiming a rare victory after 17 races, but has not found the winner's circle since. That win remains its only success from 18 races across its career, a record that sits at just 1 win and 5 places. What makes that single victory even more striking is that Ashen rarely runs at the level where it can win. In Class 5 races — the type of contest where it most often competes — it has never won, managing just that one success at a different track entirely.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Johnnie Delta Racing
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
27.8%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The horse does have a preference: it runs best over middle distances between seven furlongs and a mile, winning 1 of those 11 races (9%) compared to a miserable record over other trip lengths. Jim Goldie's Uplawmoor yard, which has been in fine form with 88 winners this season, has kept faith through a dry spell. Ashen's last six races tell the story of modest consistency without breakthrough — a pair of second-place finishes bookending a run that included a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a twelfth-place finish as most recent. Still active and having raced just yesterday, Ashen remains a horse looking for that second win, now four months on from its first.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_firm ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 9% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm (drying out)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Aug
5th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
7 Aug
2nd
Musselburgh
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
24 Jul
12th
York
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 18 runners
11 Jul
2nd
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 6 runners
6 Jul
4th
Ayr
7f – 1m · Good · 12 runners
19 Jun
3rd
Ayr
7f – 1m · Soft · 10 runners
5 May
🏆 Won
Ayr
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
26 Apr
3rd
Musselburgh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 13 runners
18 Apr
7th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 18 runners
4 Jan
7th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Lauren Young Current Jockey
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Ayr Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 third, 1 other |
6 Jul |
33.3% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
21 May |
0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
21 Aug |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
4 Jan |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 third |
7 Aug |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
24 May |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Jun |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Jul |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Apr |
0% |