Aalto
Aalto is a six-year-old that has finally worked out how to win races, though it has taken the better part of three years to figure it out. The horse broke through for its first career victory at Newmarket on July 13th, 2024, and has since added one more win at the same track. That second success came just three months ago, also at Newmarket, suggesting the horse has found a place where it genuinely thrives. Out of 25 races overall, Aalto has won twice and placed nine times—a modest 8% win rate—but the story becomes far more interesting when you look at Newmarket specifically. Here, the horse has won two of its seven races, which means it wins roughly one in every three or four attempts at the track. For a horse that wins roughly one in every twelve races elsewhere, Newmarket appears to be genuinely special ground.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Recent form shows flashes of consistency. In its last six races, Aalto has placed in four of them, including that win three months ago. It raced just yesterday, finishing unplaced, but that does not erase what the horse has become: a specialist performer who understands one track well enough to convert visits into victories. Ian Williams trains Aalto from his Worcestershire yard, which has sent out 96 winners this season, suggesting a stable in good form overall. When Aalto competes at the top level—Class 2 races—it has won once from twelve attempts, a rate that mirrors its overall record. The real edge, unmistakably, is Newmarket. It is rare for a horse at this stage of its career to develop such a pronounced preference for one venue, rarer still for it to translate that into multiple victories. Aalto may never be a headline horse, but at Newmarket, it is precisely the kind of runner worth watching.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 8 starts (12%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Yet to win at Ascot in 7 attempts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 9 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Likes
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Likes
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Oct
18th
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 18 runners
19 Sep
2nd
Newbury
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 20 runners
4 Sep
3rd
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good · 8 runners
25 Jul
3rd
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 17 runners
11 Jul
🏆 Won
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 15 runners
25 Jun
2nd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
13 Jun
14th
York
7f – 1m · Good · 22 runners
9 May
9th
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good · 29 runners
27 Nov
8th
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 14 runners
3 Nov
7th
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 12 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 |
|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
7 |
2 wins, 3 seconds, 2 other |
11 Jul |
28.6% |
| Ascot Galloping |
7 |
2 thirds, 5 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| York Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Nov |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Nov |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
5 Jul |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
4 Nov |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Aug |
0% |