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Where's Freddy

There's a puzzle at the heart of Where's Freddy's record that any racing fan would find worth unpacking. This six-year-old has won 4 races from 25 outings — roughly 1 in every 6 — and all three of those wins have come at the same track: Newmarket. That's 3 wins from 10 races at the Suffolk venue, a 30% win rate at a circuit where most horses are lucky to win once. For context, Newmarket is one of the most prestigious and competitive tracks in Britain, a long, flat galloping course that rewards horses with a particular kind of speed and stride. Where's Freddy has clearly found something there that suits it down to the ground.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
6 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Chestnut
Father
Lope De Vega
Mother
One Spirit
Owner
Patrick B Doyle (Construction) Ltd
Rating
80

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
25
Career races
4
Wins
16%
Win rate
avg ~10%
40%
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

The oddity in the profile is what happens everywhere else. The horse has run 14 times in Class 4 races — the bread-and-butter level of British racing, a step below the real prestige events — and has not won a single one of them. Zero wins from 14 races at that level is a striking number. It suggests a horse that fires when the setting is right and switches off when it isn't, which is frustrating for everyone involved but also makes the Newmarket record feel even more deliberate.

Regular jockey Rossa Ryan hasn't yet found the combination that works, with 0 wins from 7 rides together. That's not necessarily a criticism of either horse or rider — sample sizes in racing can be misleading — but it's a detail worth noting given that the horse's most recent Newmarket win, on 20 June 2025, came roughly 11 months ago, and the last six runs have produced two thirds and nothing better. The recent form — finishing tenth, tenth, third, eighth, third, ninth — reads as a horse knocking on the door without quite getting through it.

Trainer Stuart Williams, based at Newmarket itself, has had a productive season with 67 winners from his yard, so the infrastructure is clearly working. The question is whether Where's Freddy can find another day at its favourite track where everything clicks again. Given that it raced just yesterday and remains in active training, that opportunity may not be far away. When it comes at Newmarket, it would be unwise to ignore it.

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 4 starts (25%)
Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
Course specialist at Newmarket: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm (drying out)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Good to soft (some give)
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
7F – 1M
1M1F – 1M2F
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Loves
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
16 May
10th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
1 Nov
10th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
20 Sep
3rd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
14 Aug
8th
Windsor
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
1 Aug
3rd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 7 runners
10 Jul
9th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
20 Jun
🏆 Won
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
1 Jun
11th
chelmsford
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 16 runners
27 Mar
2nd
chelmsford
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 12 runners
22 Feb
4th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
0%
Win rate
0/7
Won / Rode
Marco Ghiani Current Jockey
16.7%
Win rate
1/6
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
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
Luke Catton
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Newmarket
Galloping
10 3 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, 4 other 16 May 30%
chelmsford 3 1 second, 2 other 1 Jun 0%
Great Yarmouth
Galloping
3 1 second, 1 third, 1 other 7 Oct 0%
Leicester
Sharp
2 2 other 27 May 0%
Wolverhampton
Galloping
1 1 win 6 Jan 100%
Newbury
Galloping
1 1 other 5 Sep 0%
Nottingham
Galloping
1 1 other 11 Oct 0%
Windsor
Sharp
1 1 other 14 Aug 0%
Haydock Park
Galloping
1 1 other 6 Jul 0%
Kempton Park
Galloping
1 1 other 7 Jun 0%
Southwell
Galloping
1 1 other 22 Feb 0%