Rapide Vega
Rapide Vega is a three-year-old still learning its trade, with one win and three places from eight races — a record that shows promise but also plenty of room to develop. The horse broke its duck at Lingfield Park on 17 August, just last week, and that victory came over a distance of between 1 mile 1 furlong and 1 mile 2 furlongs, which appears to suit it well. Over that trip, Rapide Vega has won 1 of its 4 races, a success rate of 25 percent — far better than its overall record suggests. The recent form is mixed: a second place, then the breakthrough win at Lingfield, followed by a fifth, a second, an eighth, and most recently a fifth just yesterday, showing the kind of inconsistency you'd expect from a young horse still figuring out what it's capable of.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
37.5%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Trained by Adrian Keatley at Ryedale in North Yorkshire, Rapide Vega is part of a yard that has already sent out 43 winners this season, indicating a stable operation with form to back it up. The key for the yard now will be building on that Lingfield success and establishing whether the horse performs reliably at the distances where it has shown the most ability. The current run of results — a second, a fifth, an eighth, and another fifth — suggests that last week's win may have been a turning point rather than a fluke, but the horse will need to string together more consistent performances to prove it has genuinely moved forward. At three years old, time is on its side, and there's every reason to think better days lie ahead.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 25% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 Aug
2nd
Beverley
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 11 runners
17 Aug
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
30 Jun
5th
Roscommon
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 10 runners
12 Jun
2nd
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 6 runners
29 May
8th
Down Royal
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
22 Apr
5th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 15 runners
27 Oct
4th
Galway
7f – 1m · Soft_To_Heavy · 15 runners
5 May
11th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good · 16 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 |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
12 Jun |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
17 Aug |
100% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
27 Oct |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jun |
0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
29 Aug |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 May |
0% |