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Style King

Style King is a 4-year-old who has taken his time finding the winner's enclosure, managing just 1 win from 16 races across his career — that's a win rate of around 6%, or roughly 1 in every 16 outings. He's placed on four other occasions, which tells you he's been competitive enough to feature, but turning that into a winning result has been the challenge. For most of his career, he has operated in Class 5 company — the bread-and-butter level of British racing, where the fields are competitive and margins are tight — and even there he's won just 1 of his 9 races at that level.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
4 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Dandy Man
Mother
UAE Queen
Owner
Strawberry Fields Stud
Rating
63

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
16
Career races
1
Wins
6.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
25%
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
Auto-Generated

His one career win came at Lingfield Park on 3 September 2025, and it remains his defining moment so far. Lingfield is a quirky all-weather track in Surrey with a distinctive downhill bend that suits certain horses more than others, and Style King clearly took to it. The fact that it's the only win he has to his name makes it stand out all the more — it wasn't a horse finding its groove, it was a horse finding its moment.

Silvestre De Sousa, one of the more experienced jockeys in the game, has ridden Style King six times and partnered him to that sole victory — a win rate of roughly 1 in 6 together, or 17%, which is actually a decent return compared to the horse's overall record. That partnership clearly has something going for it.

Style King is trained by Chris Dwyer at Newmarket, the spiritual home of British flat racing, and Dwyer's yard has sent out 7 winners so far this season, suggesting the operation is ticking along. Style King raced just a day ago, which means he's fit, active, and being kept busy. That recent form — placing second last time out — hints at a horse that might be building back towards another moment like Lingfield. Whether he can repeat it remains the question, but at four years old, he's young enough that the story isn't finished yet.

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 9 starts (11%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
5F – 6½F
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Apr
6th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 7 runners
17 Apr
2nd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 9 runners
25 Mar
9th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
14 Oct
6th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
20 Sep
8th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
3 Sep
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 6 runners
14 Aug
7th
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 11 runners
1 Aug
6th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
23 Jun
3rd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
3 Jun
8th
Leicester
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Silvestre De Sousa Current Jockey
16.7%
Win rate
1/6
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Jack Dace
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Alex Jary
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Wolverhampton
Galloping
4 2 seconds, 1 third, 1 other 17 Apr 0%
Lingfield Park
Sharp
3 1 win, 2 other 25 Mar 33.3%
Southwell
Galloping
2 2 other 30 Apr 0%
Windsor
Sharp
1 1 other 28 Apr 0%
Leicester
Sharp
1 1 other 3 Jun 0%
chelmsford 1 1 other 14 Aug 0%
Kempton Park
Galloping
1 1 other 26 Jun 0%
Great Yarmouth
Galloping
1 1 other 14 May 0%
Chester
Tight
1 1 other 12 Jul 0%
Salisbury
Undulating
1 1 other 11 Jun 0%