Snaafy
Snaafy is a three-year-old with the look of a horse still searching for its form. A single win from thirteen races tells you this is not a natural winner, but the details reveal something more hopeful: that breakthrough came at Wolverhampton in early December, and it came in a Class 5 race—one of the lower tiers of competition. More striking is that Snaafy wins roughly 1 in every 6 races at the mile-and-one-furlong to mile-and-two-furlong distance, where it has found most of its racing. That's a real pattern, not a fluke.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
R Kent And S Loughnane
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
30.8%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The trouble is the timing. That win at Wolverhampton was eight months ago, and Snaafy has not won since. Its last six races read as a study in near-misses and disappointment: a fifth-place finish, a ninth, a second, another fifth, and two thirds. The second-place effort shows the horse is capable of running well on occasion, but consistency is clearly the problem. With four places from thirteen starts, Snaafy knows how to run in the money—it just struggles to put everything together often enough.
David Loughnane's Stoke Heath yard has sent out 39 winners this season, so the horse is in a stable with plenty of ammunition. The real question for Snaafy is whether that December breakthrough was the start of something or simply an isolated success. At three years old, there is still time to find a level where it can win regularly, but eight months between victories suggests the trainer and the yard may be still working out where this horse truly belongs.
⚡ 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 6 starts (17%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 17% win rate
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
Class 6 (grassroots)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Aug
5th
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
31 Jul
9th
Galway
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 21 runners
17 Jul
2nd
Pontefract
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
17 Jan
5th
Lingfield Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 5 runners
6 Jan
3rd
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 8 runners
30 Dec
3rd
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 8 runners
20 Dec
DNF
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
8 Dec
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 6 runners
28 Nov
6th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 11 runners
29 Oct
7th
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 10 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 |
|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 2 thirds, 1 other |
6 Jan |
25% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Nov |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Aug |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
7 Oct |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Oct |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jan |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
17 Jul |
0% |