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Lillistar

Lillistar is a six-year-old who has spent most of its career in the places rather than the winner's enclosure — 10 times finishing close, just once getting its nose in front. That one victory came at Wolverhampton in October 2025, and it remains the solitary win from 30 races, a record that works out at roughly 1 win in every 30 attempts. For context, that is a thin return, but it does not tell the whole story of a horse that keeps showing up and keeps finding a way into the frame.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
6 years old
Sex
Mare
Colour
Grey
Father
Zoustar
Mother
Langlauf
Owner
John Sidebottom & Mrs Kate Sidebottom
Rating
49

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
30
Career races
1
Wins
3.3%
Win rate
avg ~10%
33.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🏁 Next Race

Today
Pontefract
About 1.5 miles · Slightly soft ground · 8 runners

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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Trained by Micky Hammond at his Middleham yard in North Yorkshire — a team that has sent out 24 winners this season alone — Lillistar tends to operate at Class 5 level, which is the bread-and-butter tier of British racing. Curiously, though, the horse has not won a single race at that level across 11 attempts. Its one career win came over a longer trip, and the longer-distance records bears that out: 1 win from 18 races over two miles or more, a 6% win rate that is modest but real, and meaningfully better than its record at shorter trips.

Brian Hughes, one of the sport's most respected northern jockeys, has partnered Lillistar six times without a victory between them. That is not unusual — plenty of horse-and-jockey combinations take time, and Hughes is not the kind of rider you blame for a losing run. The partnership simply has not clicked into a win yet.

What is striking about Lillistar right now is the level of activity. The horse raced just one day ago and is firmly in the middle of a busy spell, with recent form reading two second-place finishes either side of a couple of unplaced runs and a fifth. That current sequence — no wins in the last six races — stretches back seven months to that Wolverhampton breakthrough. Whether another win is coming is hard to say, but Lillistar is clearly still competitive, still placing, and still very much a horse its yard believes in enough to keep running.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 8 starts (12%)
Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 6% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Poor record on good_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Yet to win at Wetherby in 5 attempts
Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
Good to soft (some give)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
1M1F – 1M2F
Unknown
1M6F – 2M
Unknown
7F – 1M
Avoids
1M3F – 1M4F
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Left-handed, hilly
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Apr
6th
Pontefract
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
5 Apr
5th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
11 Mar
2nd
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard · 10 runners
23 Jan
DNF
Doncaster
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
26 Dec
DNF
Wetherby
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 11 runners
8 Dec
2nd
Musselburgh
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 7 runners
13 Nov
4th
Sedgefield
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
31 Oct
3rd
Wetherby
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
6 Oct
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard · 11 runners
19 Sep
3rd
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard · 6 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Aiden Brookes Current Jockey
16.7%
Win rate
1/6
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Alice Stevens
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
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
Wetherby
Galloping
5 1 third, 4 other 26 Dec 0%
Sedgefield
Sharp
4 2 seconds, 1 third, 1 other 13 Nov 0%
Newcastle
Galloping
3 1 second, 1 third, 1 other 11 Mar 0%
Pontefract
Undulating
3 3 other 21 Apr 0%
Wolverhampton
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 6 Oct 50%
Southwell
Galloping
2 2 other 29 Apr 0%
Catterick Bridge
Sharp
1 1 other 24 May 0%
Market Rasen
Sharp
1 1 other 5 Apr 0%
Kempton Park
Galloping
1 1 other 14 Dec 0%
Haydock Park
Galloping
1 1 other 24 Jun 0%
Ripon
Sharp
1 1 second 26 Aug 0%
Leicester
Sharp
1 1 second 6 Jun 0%
Musselburgh
Sharp
1 1 second 8 Dec 0%
Doncaster
Galloping
1 1 other 23 Jan 0%
Lingfield Park
Sharp
1 1 other 17 Feb 0%
Nottingham
Galloping
1 1 other 19 Jun 0%
chelmsford 1 1 other 30 Sep 0%