A Great Excuse
6-year-old gelding with 1 win from 9 runs who runs best on slightly soft ground.
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Loves
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Mar
3rd
Wincanton
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
9 Feb
3rd
Catterick Bridge
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 7 runners
22 Jan
DNF
Huntingdon
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 7 runners
13 Dec
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
19 Nov
4th
Ffos Las
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 8 runners
18 Feb
5th
Taunton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
1 Feb
7th
Wetherby
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 14 runners
11 Jan
5th
Ffos Las
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 12 runners
12 Dec
10th
Warwick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Ffos Las Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
19 Nov |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
13 Dec |
100% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
18 Feb |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 Dec |
0% |
| Wetherby Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Feb |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Jan |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
9 Feb |
0% |
| Wincanton Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
5 Mar |
0% |