Goodwood
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King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2)
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Good Value
TrackLab Insight
Top-rated by three points and backed in the market at 3.65, Night Raider has won six of his last 16 races (38% win rate) with three straight top-3 finishes. However, he's drawn in stall 13 (mid-draw with only 5% win rate at this track) and struggled on fast ground previously, though he does face a dry surface here. His recent 10th at Ascot 45 days ago is a concern, but he remains the ratings favourite for good reason.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Best career win rate in field (1 in 3)
Market favourite (3.65)
Trainer Quotes
Mar 2026
"He's just come back to us after a little operation. He's a very quick horse who has been gelded, which will help him because he was edgy. He'll be entered in the five-furlong sprints, although I still think he can stay six. 31-03-26"
Super Value
TrackLab Insight
Rated just three points below Night Raider and won his last start at Sandown (27 days ago) by beating a Class 1 field, so he arrives in sharp form. Three straight top-3 finishes is excellent, but a shocking 25th at Ascot 45 days ago raises questions about consistency, and he's yet to win on soft or good-to-soft ground—concerns given his recent poor run.
3 straight top-3 finishes
Trainer Quotes
Aug 2025
"At the beginning of the year the Nunthorpe was a race we never had in mind; we thought if we'd go for any Group 1 it would be the Prix de l'Abbaye, which he's entered for. But there are very few options for him at the moment and he seems extremely well, so we're probably going to take a leap of faith and run him at York. Everyone else seems to be doing it, so we thought we'd do it too. I don't think anyone's won a Group 1 staying at home. People say it's a very open year for sprinters and that there's no standout. But, however open they are, Group 1s are still very hard to win and we're under no illusions that dabbling in such company isn't necessarily his gig. 20-08-25"
TrackLab Insight
The only runner with 3-4-5 placings in his last three races (never finishing worse than 5th recently), Jakajaro looks in decent form and is second-favourite at 7.6. Yet his career tells a different story: just 4 wins from 32 races (12% win rate) with zero wins on good or firm ground. On today's dry surface, he faces a significant ground concern that overshadows his recent consistency.
2nd in the market (7.6)
Trainer Quotes
May 2026
"His win at York last week was really good. He won decisively and certainly merits going up in class now, as he did that very well. He's entered in the King Charles III but will probably go next to the Temple Stakes on Saturday as long as the ground is good or softer. We'll see about Royal Ascot after that. He's moving in the right direction, which is really positive. The race he won at York was won last year by American Affair, who went on to win the King Charles III. There will be options but I think he is slightly more ground-dependent, in that it's got to be good or slower for him. It's 11 years since we won the King Charles III (or the King's Stand as it was then), and it would be great to win it again if we could. 20-05-26"
TrackLab Insight
This three-year-old filly is the only course-distance winner in the field (Goodwood July 2025) and carries a strong 27% win rate (3 from 11 races) with an excellent record on good ground (2 wins from 3 starts, 67%). Her recent form is mixed (7th at York 21 days ago), but she has Class 1 credentials and knows this track intimately—the one standout fact that separates her from weaker competition.
Has won over this course and distance
Trainer Quotes
Jun 2025
"She's one of the top-rated two-year-old fillies in Britain. After she won at Newmarket in early May everything was working backwards from Royal Ascot and the Queen Mary. We ducked a couple of options at York and Carlisle with a view that we're saving our powder. We think she's very smart. With the ground, I wouldn't mind it fast but if it was very soft that would be an unknown. We really like her and she's my trainer's pick. 09-06-25"
TrackLab Insight
The only horse in the field with a proven Goodwood 5f win (August 2025), JM Jungle brings experience (40 races, the most in the field) and finished 3rd at York just 20 days ago. However, he's the least-rated runner at 107 and struggles on right-handed galloping tracks with zero wins from five attempts—problematic given Goodwood's layout.
Has won over this course and distance
Most experienced (40 runs, field avg 18)
Trainer Quotes
Mar 2024
"He's another who did well in Bahrain and he arrived back in such good form that we decided to keep going for now, so he'll either head for the Scottish Sprint Cup at Musselburgh or a valuable race at Bath a week later. He gave Jason [Hart] a good feel on his last run in Bahrain and he could still be improving. He's an out-and-out 5f horse. 20-03-24"
TrackLab Insight
Drops two full classes from his usual level and has three straight top-3 finishes (most recent: 2nd by 0.8L at Curragh 13 days ago), suggesting he's in fine form. Yet his 6-win record from 25 races (24%) masks a critical weakness: zero wins on soft or standard ground, and he's never raced with this jockey before, making this a risky proposition on an unfamiliar surface.
Drops 2 classes from usual level
3 straight top-3 finishes
TrackLab Insight
This eight-year-old mare is one of the ratings equals at 112 (+6 vs field) but her form reads poorly: 9th at Sandown and 7th at Ascot in her last two starts. However, both her career wins came in Class 1 races (York August 2025, Ascot June 2024), suggesting she has top-level ability and relishes good-to-firm ground (2 wins from 7)—exactly what she faces today.
Mid-range in the market (15.0)
TrackLab Insight
This four-year-old won a Class 1 at Royal Ascot (June 2025) but has regressed badly: 12th and 19th at Ascot 41-45 days ago suggest she's struggling. She's placed in just 2 of her last 3 races and has never won on good ground (0 from 4 starts), which is a significant red flag on today's dry surface at a track where she also has no wins from five attempts.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
TrackLab Insight
This six-year-old is built for five furlongs and ticks the box on dry ground, where he wins roughly 1 in 3 races (3 wins from 9). He's significantly outmatched on ratings here but offers the best course-distance record in the field at 5 from 12. Recent form is patchy—a 6th at York 20 days ago—and he's drifted dramatically in the betting, suggesting the market sees limited value.
Best record on this ground (3 from 9)
Best record at this trip (5 from 12)
TrackLab Insight
This three-year-old colt is inexperienced but has hit the frame in his last two starts (2nd by 0.3L at York 20 days ago shows he's competing), and his 10% win rate (1 from 10) is reflective of a young horse still learning. However, he's failed on good and good-to-firm ground, struggles on right-handed galloping tracks (0 from 6), and hasn't won since Great Yarmouth nearly ten months ago—a poor fit for Goodwood today.
3 straight top-3 finishes
TrackLab Insight
This three-year-old trained by A P O'Brien has the best jockey-trainer combination in the field (304 wins together), but his 10% win rate and recent form (5th at Curragh, 19th at Ascot) are concerning. He's never won on good-to-firm ground (0 from 5), which directly conflicts with today's dry surface, though he does have one win on good ground that offers a glimmer of hope.
Relatively inexperienced (10 career races)
TrackLab Insight
This mare's headline stat is extraordinary: 60% win rate on soft/heavy ground (3 from 5 races), but today's dry surface is her enemy—she's never proven herself on fast going. Recent form is weak (5th at York 20 days ago), and she's drifted dramatically in the market from 26.0 to 55.0, reflecting the ground concern that makes her fundamentally mismatched to this race.
One of the more successful in the field (6 career wins)
TrackLab Insight
This three-year-old has impressed with consistency—placed in six of nine races (22% win rate)—and won at York 78 days ago, proving he can deliver. He placed in 2 of his last 3 runs and has an excellent record on good ground (2 wins from 4 starts, 50%), which suits today perfectly. However, zero wins from five attempts on good-to-firm ground raises a question mark about whether today's firmer surface is ideal.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
TrackLab Insight
This five-year-old is a complete unknown quantity: just one career race (finished 7th at Meydan 153 days ago), never raced on dry ground, and absent for over four months. The gap since his only run is the longest in the field, and with zero wins and zero places on record, he represents a lottery ticket at 71.0 odds rather than a genuine threat.
Never raced on dry ground
Lightly raced (1 career races)
3 straight top-3 finishes
Absent 153 days (longest in field)
TrackLab Insight
This three-year-old filly boasts a 25% win rate (4 from 16) and has placed in 13 races overall, showing genuine consistency. She won at Ayr just 41 days ago and demonstrated her Class 1 credentials with a win at Newmarket in June 2025. However, she's the lowest-rated runner at 98 (8 points below the field average) and has drifted from 30.0 to 80.0, suggesting the market has serious doubts about her chances here.
Outsider at 80.0
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