Tycoon
Tycoon is a consistent minor-league runner who has found the winner's enclosure just once in a year and a quarter of racing. The 4-year-old broke through at Windsor on 28 April 2025, but that single success has remained stubbornly out of reach ever since — a gap of 16 months that speaks to how competitive life is at this level. From 12 career races, Tycoon has won once and placed six times, a record that translates to roughly one win in every twelve attempts. Recent form has been respectable enough: a second place, a pair of thirds, and a mix of mid-field finishes that suggest the horse is still capable of running into a place, yet that elusive second win continues to elude.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
50%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The horse races best over a mile and three furlongs to a mile and four furlongs — a distance where it has won 1 of 8 races (12%), which is better than its overall win rate but still hardly dominant. Kevin Philippart De Foy's Newmarket yard, which has sent out 40 winners this season, clearly sees something worth persisting with: Tycoon is still racing, still competing just days ago, and still being aimed at races where it might break through again. For a horse that has not won since late April 2025, the bar for a second victory has become remarkably high, yet the consistency of placing suggests Tycoon remains a useful middle-distance performer — one of those steady, ordinary racehorses that fills the races week after week without quite delivering the breakthrough its the yard hope for.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_firm ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 12% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm (drying out)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Aug
7th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 17 runners
25 Jul
2nd
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
11 Jul
3rd
Ascot
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
5 Jun
13th
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 17 runners
2 May
3rd
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 13 runners
14 Apr
5th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 runners
27 Nov
7th
chelmsford
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 13 runners
7 Sep
6th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 12 runners
21 Jun
8th
Ascot
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 17 runners
24 May
3rd
Goodwood
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 8 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 |
|---|
| York Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
21 Aug |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
2 May |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
28 Apr |
100% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
24 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
30 Aug |
0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
27 Nov |
0% |