Alaminos
Alaminos has enjoyed modest success in a career that spans seven races, with just the one win tucked away from August 2025 at Thirsk, along with two places. The three-year-old, trained by
Edward Bethell at Middleham in Yorkshire, broke through on that summer afternoon but has not found the winner's circle since — a drought now stretching 13 months and covering six consecutive races without a victory. Recent form tells the story: two fourth-place finishes, a second, a seventh, a fourth again, and most recently an eighth. That last outing came just a day ago, so the horse is still actively racing and still hunting for a second win.
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
With a win rate of roughly 1 in every 7 races, Alaminos is very much a work in progress. Bethell's yard at Middleham is a serious operation that has sent out 61 winners already this season, so the horse is in capable hands, but it has clearly found conditions tough since that breakthrough at Thirsk. The consistency of placing — two top-three finishes across the campaign — suggests Alaminos has ability lurking somewhere, yet it remains frustratingly unable to convert that promise into victories. For a horse still only three years old, there is time for things to click, but the extended run without a win and the recent pattern of mid-field and lower finishes will demand a turnaround soon if momentum is to be rebuilt.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Sep
8th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good · 9 runners
4 Jul
4th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
13 Jun
21th
York
5f – 6½f · Good · 22 runners
6 May
7th
Chester
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
21 Apr
2nd
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Good · 7 runners
4 Sep
4th
Haydock Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 6 runners
15 Aug
🏆 Won
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 15 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 |
2 |
2 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
15 Aug |
100% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Sep |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 other |
6 May |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
21 Apr |
0% |