Sawpit Samantha
Eighteen races into her career, Sawpit Samantha is yet to find the winner's enclosure — but she has picked up four placed finishes along the way, which at least tells you she is competitive enough to be in the mix, even if the winning post keeps arriving a stride too late. At eight years old, she is an experienced campaigner who knows her job, and with a race just yesterday, she is clearly in good health and being kept busy by trainer
Jo Davis at the East Garston yard in Berkshire.
Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
22.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The level she operates at — Class 5, the grassroots end of British racing — means she is not mixing it with the elite, but these are still proper racehorses and proper competition. Across 12 races at that level, she has yet to win, which is a tough sequence to sit with. Her most recent run of six races shows two efforts worth noting — a third and a fifth — so there are signs of life, even if a breakthrough has not come.
Robert Dunne has been the regular partner in the saddle, riding her five times without a victory between them. That is not necessarily a criticism of either horse or jockey — sometimes a pairing just needs that one good day to click. Jo Davis's yard has sent out three winners this season, so the operation is capable of winning races; Sawpit Samantha just hasn't been the one to provide them yet. For now, she remains the horse you watch with quiet hope rather than confident expectation — and in racing, that is a story plenty of people know well.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 May
DNF
Uttoxeter
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
26 Mar
8th
Warwick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
24 Feb
3rd
Leicester
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 3 runners
10 Dec
DNF
hereford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
16 Nov
10th
Fontwell Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
21 Apr
5th
Chepstow
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
25 Mar
3rd
Taunton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
3 Mar
8th
Southwell
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
27 Jan
7th
Plumpton
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 9 runners
2 Dec
3rd
Plumpton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 12 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 |
|---|
| Plumpton Sharp |
3 |
2 thirds, 1 other |
27 Jan |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
24 Feb |
0% |
| hereford |
2 |
2 other |
10 Dec |
0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
25 Mar |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
25 Mar |
0% |
| Fontwell Park Tight |
1 |
1 other |
16 Nov |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 May |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
19 Dec |
0% |
| Sedgefield Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Dec |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Mar |
0% |
| Ludlow Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
23 Mar |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Apr |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
26 Mar |
0% |