:

Purple Sky

Purple Sky is a five-year-old who has taken the long road to the winner's enclosure, managing just one win from 19 races — a return of roughly 1 in every 19 outings. That sole victory came at Down Royal on 18 July 2025, and while it was a moment worth celebrating, it stands as the only time this horse has reached the front in what is now a well-travelled career.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
5 years old
Sex
Mare
Colour
Brown
Father
Awtaad
Mother
Dawn Of Day
Owner
J Ponting
Rating
50

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
19
Career races
1
Wins
5.3%
Win rate
avg ~10%
5.3%
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
Auto-Generated

That win came over a mile and three or four furlongs, which is where Purple Sky shows its best form. Over that trip, the record reads one win from six races — around 1 in 6 — which tells you this horse at least has a distance it can be competitive over, even if the results elsewhere have been hard to come by. Recent form makes for sobering reading: across the last six races, the best finish has been fourth, with a couple of sevenths and an eighth in there too. There is nothing in that sequence to suggest a revival is imminent.

Joe Ponting, who trains out of Wotton-Under-Edge in Gloucestershire, has sent out three winners this season. It is a small yard operating at the quieter end of the sport, and Purple Sky has typically been running at Class 6 — the lowest rung of British racing — where, perhaps surprisingly, the record shows no wins from three attempts. That detail is a little telling: even at the most accessible level of the game, this horse has not been able to convert.

Racing just one day ago, Purple Sky is clearly still active and still being campaigned, which says something for the persistence of the team around this horse. Whether there is another win in the locker remains to be seen, but with a record of 1 from 19 and form figures pointing firmly in the wrong direction, the bar for optimism is set quite high.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 7 starts (14%)
Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 17% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 9 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Firm (dry)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
1M3F – 1M4F
Loves
7F – 1M
Unknown
1M6F – 2M
Unknown
1M1F – 1M2F
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 6 (grassroots)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
12 May
4th
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Firm · 10 runners
5 Apr
7th
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
25 Mar
7th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 9 runners
27 Feb
DNF
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 20 runners
23 Jan
7th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 runners
19 Jan
8th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 8 runners
17 Oct
11th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
20 Sep
9th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 20 runners
31 Aug
8th
Tipperary
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 21 runners
4 Aug
12th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
Charles Bishop Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
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
Wolverhampton
Galloping
2 2 other 27 Feb 0%
Kempton Park
Galloping
2 2 other 25 Mar 0%
Bath
Undulating
2 2 other 12 May 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 2 other 20 Sep 0%
Naas
Galloping
2 2 other 4 Aug 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
2 2 other 12 May 0%
Down Royal
Galloping
1 1 win 18 Jul 100%
Dundalk
Galloping
1 1 other 17 Oct 0%
Galway
Tight
1 1 other 10 Sep 0%
Tipperary
Galloping
1 1 other 31 Aug 0%
Navan
Galloping
1 1 other 8 Apr 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 other 22 Jun 0%
Punchestown
Galloping
1 1 other 17 Sep 0%