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Blue Rc

Four wins from twelve races at age four might not sound extraordinary on paper, but the story behind Blue Rc is one of a horse that has had to grow into itself — and is still doing so. When it first arrived at the track, it was a mess of nerves: upset in the stalls, withdrawn before it could even race, and needing a hood just to settle itself enough to compete. The fact that it has since won 4 of its 12 races — roughly 1 in every 3 — tells you how far it has come.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
4 years old
Sex
Colt
Colour
Bay
Father
Blue Point
Mother
Making Memories
Trainer
Owner
Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum
Rating
101

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
12
Career races
4
Wins
33.3%
Win rate
avg ~10%
75%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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Trainer James Tate, based at Newmarket, has been patient and methodical. His yard has sent out 48 winners this season alone, and Blue Rc is one of the more interesting projects among them. Tate started the horse over six furlongs on a curved track with a hood to help it focus, then slowly extended the trip to a mile and removed the hood as the horse matured. That kind of gradual, bespoke handling is exactly what a mentally fragile young horse needs, and it has paid off.

The clearest proof came on New Year's Day 2026 at Southwell, where Blue Rc won a Class 2 race — one of the higher tier events in British racing. That is a significant step up in class, and it arrived not by accident but by steady progression. At the level where it has raced most often, it has won 2 of its 3 races there, a success rate of 67%, which is genuinely impressive. Its recent sequence of 9-2-2-1-2-2 shows a horse that finished second four times in its last six races before that Southwell win — knocking on the door repeatedly before kicking it open.

What makes the next chapter genuinely interesting is what Tate said after Southwell: Blue Rc has qualified for the All-Weather Finals, a prestigious end-of-season series held on artificial surfaces, and the team is now weighing up whether to give it a short break and aim for that or keep it ticking over on grass in the meantime. A horse still maturing mentally and physically, trained by one of the most productive yards in the country, heading into the sort of race it has specifically qualified for — that is a horse with a real story still to tell.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Strong overall win rate: wins 33% of races

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Good to firm (drying out)
Good (firm-ish)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
5F – 6½F
7F – 1M
1M1F – 1M2F
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Loves
Class 5 (entry-level)
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
16 May
9th
Newbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
2 May
2nd
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 15 runners
3 Apr
2nd
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 14 runners
1 Jan
🏆 Won
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 5 runners
11 Dec
2nd
chelmsford
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 7 runners
22 Oct
2nd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 14 runners
27 Jun
🏆 Won
Great Yarmouth
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 4 runners
17 Jun
🏆 Won
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
28 May
2nd
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 9 runners
25 Apr
6th
Doncaster
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 13 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
100%
Win rate
2/2
Won / Rode
Hector Crouch Current Jockey
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
chelmsford 2 1 win, 1 second 11 Dec 50%
Thirsk
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 second 2 May 50%
Kempton Park
Galloping
2 2 seconds 22 Oct 0%
Great Yarmouth
Galloping
1 1 win 27 Jun 100%
Southwell
Galloping
1 1 win 1 Jan 100%
Newbury
Galloping
1 1 other 16 May 0%
Doncaster
Galloping
1 1 other 25 Apr 0%
Newcastle
Galloping
1 1 second 3 Apr 0%
Wolverhampton
Galloping
1 1 other 14 Mar 0%