The recent form makes for uncomfortable reading: finishing 5th, 11th, 5th, 9th, 7th, and 7th in its last six races. There are no real signs of a horse building towards something — it is a horse that has shown it can win, then gone quiet. Whether that is a matter of finding the right race or something more stubborn, Dylan Cunha's yard at Newmarket will be working to figure out.
The most encouraging clue in the numbers is what happens when King Of Chaos races over 7 furlongs to a mile. At that distance, it has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 4. That is a completely different picture to its overall record, and it strongly suggests the distance is doing the heavy lifting when this horse performs. At the level it typically competes at — Class 5, which is the bread-and-butter tier of British racing — it has won 1 from 5 races, around 1 in every 5, which is at least respectable. Cunha's yard has sent out 45 winners this season, so the operation clearly knows how to get horses winning. The raw material is there; King Of Chaos just needs to put it together more often.
Raced just yesterday, it is clearly an active horse being kept busy. Whether another run at Lingfield, over its best distance, unlocks another win is the question worth watching. Right now, this is a horse that has shown one burst of form and is waiting to repeat it.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
3 | 1 win, 2 other | 27 Apr | 33.3% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 15 May | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 24 May | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Jan | 0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 10 Jun | 0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 15 Apr | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 26 Jan | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Feb | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 16 Sep | 0% |