His best distance is somewhere between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and a half — a stamina test that rewards horses who stay all day rather than those with a sharp turn of foot. Over that range he has won 1 from 6 races, a win rate of around 1 in 6, which is meaningfully better than his overall record and suggests the yard are likely to keep targeting trips in that bracket. He has spent most of his career in Class 5 company — the bread-and-butter level of British racing — winning 1 from 7 at that grade, or roughly 1 in 7 races.
He is trained by Emma Lavelle out of her yard in Ogbourne Maizey, Wiltshire, and she is clearly in fine form at the moment — her team has sent out 47 winners already this season, which is a serious operation firing on all cylinders. A horse like Masterinthewoods, competitive without being a star, is exactly the kind of project a busy, well-organised yard can place well and get the best from. He raced just one day ago, so he is very much in the thick of his campaign, and with that Haydock win now nine months behind him, the yard will be keen to add to his tally sooner rather than later.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
4 | 1 third, 3 other | 4 May | 0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
2 | 1 second, 1 third | 20 Jun | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 9 Aug | 100% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 27 May | 0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 10 Jul | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 28 Aug | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 16 Oct | 0% |