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Snatch A Glance

There's a horse that has quietly made one track its personal property. Snatch A Glance has run at Ludlow five times and won twice — a 40% win rate at a single venue that tells you everything about where this six-year-old is most dangerous. For context, winning 2 in every 5 races at any track is a genuinely impressive return, and the fact that both career victories have come at the same Shropshire course suggests this isn't coincidence. Some horses simply take to certain tracks — the bends, the ground, the layout — and Ludlow appears to suit Snatch A Glance like a favourite pair of boots.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
6 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Brown
Father
Passing Glance
Mother
Wizard's Sliabh
Owner
Pete Smith & Dr Simon Gillson
Rating
116

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
7
Career races
2
Wins
28.6%
Win rate
avg ~10%
71.4%
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
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The overall career record reads two wins and five places from seven races, which is a win rate of roughly 1 in 3. That's a horse that barely finishes out of the frame. The recent form figures — 3, pulled up, 1, 3, 1, 2 — confirm the pattern: competitive almost everywhere, outstanding at Ludlow specifically, where those two wins sit either side of a difficult spell that included a race the horse didn't finish. The bounce-back to winning at Ludlow on 24 November 2025 after that blank run shows a horse that doesn't let a bad day linger.

At Class 4 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, a couple of rungs below the very best races — Snatch A Glance has won 2 from 3, a two-thirds win rate that marks it out as a genuine force at that grade. The question worth watching is whether the yard ever test it higher, or whether the smart play is to keep doing what works.

Behind the scenes, Fergal O'Brien's yard in Withington, Gloucestershire has sent out 90 winners this season alone — a number that signals a training operation firing at full volume. When a stable is producing that kind of output, horses in it tend to be well-placed and well-prepared, which makes the team's choices about where to run Snatch A Glance worth paying attention to. The first career win came at Ludlow in October 2025, the most recent just over five months ago at the same track. The horse raced just yesterday and is very much in active campaign. If it turns up at Ludlow again, you already know what it tends to do there.

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Loves
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, hilly
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Apr
3rd
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good · 6 runners
30 Mar
DNF
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
24 Nov
🏆 Won
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good · 13 runners
23 Oct
3rd
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
8 Oct
🏆 Won
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
8 May
2nd
Huntingdon
1m6f – 2m · Good · 10 runners
25 Mar
4th
Taunton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
Fern O'Brien Current Jockey
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Ludlow
Undulating
5 2 wins, 2 thirds, 1 other 22 Apr 40%
Taunton
Undulating
1 1 other 25 Mar 0%
Huntingdon
Galloping
1 1 second 8 May 0%