Bold Style
Bold Style is a 5-year-old horse that has won just once in 11 races — a victory at Chelmsford on 14 December 2023 that now sits 33 months in the past. That win came at distances between one mile one furlong and one mile two furlongs, the sweet spot where the horse has shown its best form: one win from five attempts at that trip, a 20% win rate. Everywhere else, Bold Style has struggled to find the frame, managing just four places from six races outside that range. The numbers tell a story of a horse that has been chasing that second win for nearly three years, over-raced perhaps, or simply not quite good enough for the level it has been facing.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Four Shams Syndicate
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
45.5%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Trained by Andrew Slattery at Thurles in Co Tipperary, Bold Style remains active — it raced just a day ago and came sixth. The yard itself is thriving this season, with 62 winners sent out, but Bold Style has not been part of that recent success. Its last six races have brought nothing but frustration: fifth, third, sixth, eleventh, fourteenth, and sixth again. It is the kind of record that suggests the horse is running on hope, picked out for races where there might be an opening, where conditions or luck could finally break its way. At five years old, Bold Style is at an age where racehorses either establish themselves as reliable performers or drift toward the bottom rung of the sport. For now, it remains in limbo — good enough to keep racing, not quite good enough to recapture the lightning of that single win at Chelmsford.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Aug
5th
Cork
7f – 1m · Yielding · 9 runners
13 Jul
3rd
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 5 runners
16 Jan
6th
meydan
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
2 Jan
11th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
6 Dec
14th
abu_dhabi
7f – 1m · 17 runners
17 Jan
6th
meydan
7f – 1m · Firm · 16 runners
11 Jul
6th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 6 runners
3 May
2nd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 6 runners
16 Apr
3rd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 6 runners
14 Dec
🏆 Won
chelmsford
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 8 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| meydan |
3 |
3 other |
16 Jan |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 win |
14 Dec |
100% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Aug |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
13 Jul |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
25 Nov |
0% |
| abu_dhabi |
1 |
1 other |
6 Dec |
0% |