Stirrup Cup
Stirrup Cup is a 4-year-old that has found its most reliable path to the winner's enclosure on wet ground and at Carlisle. The horse has won three of its 24 races, with a win rate of roughly one in eight, but that headline figure disguises a horse with genuine strengths. When the track is soft or muddy, Stirrup Cup transforms: it has won three of seven races on that kind of surface, a win rate of 43 percent that suggests it genuinely handles bad ground in a way many others don't. More striking still is its record at Carlisle, where it has won two of three races — effectively unbeaten there when it matters.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
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📊 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
Tim Easterby's yard at Great Habton sends out winners regularly (128 this season), and Stirrup Cup looks like the sort of specialist that thrives in that kind of operation: not a star, but reliable when conditions suit. Its most recent win came at Carlisle on 8 June, two months ago, though the last six races have yielded just one victory and one second-place finish — a run that suggests it may have hit a flat patch. David Allan, who rides it most often, has won twice from 13 races together, a rate of 15 percent that sits above the horse's overall average. At its typical level of racing, Stirrup Cup has won two of ten races in Class 5 company, a respectable 20 percent return.
The horse is still active, racing just yesterday, which means it is being campaigned regularly by the yard intent on finding more winners. Given its love of wet ground and its dominance at Carlisle, the next soft-ground race at that track could easily be where Stirrup Cup shows up again.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 3 wins from 7 starts (43%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard 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 to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Likes
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Aug
11th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
17 Jun
5th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
8 Jun
🏆 Won
Carlisle
5f – 6½f · Soft · 9 runners
17 May
9th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
18 Apr
3rd
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 18 runners
10 Apr
2nd
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 16 runners
29 Dec
8th
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
22 Nov
3rd
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
20 Oct
10th
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Soft · 12 runners
29 Sep
2nd
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
6 |
1 win, 1 second, 4 other |
21 Aug |
16.7% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
3 |
2 wins, 1 second |
8 Jun |
66.7% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
18 Apr |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
29 Dec |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
7 Jul |
0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
17 Apr |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
20 Oct |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 Aug |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Jul |
0% |