Alvesta
Alvesta is a five-year-old horse that has found something close to a home track formula at Cartmel in Cumbria, where it has turned into a genuine specialist. The horse won three of its four races at the Lancashire circuit, including a victory just this week on August 29, which suggests it has a real affinity for the place. That kind of dominance at a single track—winning 75% of races there—tells you something meaningful: Alvesta either suits the way the course rides, or the horse simply runs better when it knows the ground and layout. Either way, trainer
James Moffatt has clearly worked out what gets the best from this horse, and they keep coming back to Cartmel for good reason.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Spencer Jones And Stephen Sankey
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The bigger picture is less flashy. Across 35 career races, Alvesta has won just three times and finished in the places another 11 times, which works out to a win rate of roughly 1 in every 11 attempts. That is a modest return, but the recent form tells a different story: the horse has won three of its last six races, which is genuinely encouraging. The most recent runs read 1-1-3-1-7-6, meaning two wins very close together and another just days ago. Alvesta clearly prefers normal ground conditions and distances of two miles or more, winning 3 of 11 long-distance races, and those strengths seem to align perfectly with what Cartmel offers. The horse struggles badly in higher-class company—zero wins from 15 races in Class 5 fields—but that hardly matters when the wins are coming at the track it owns.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 3 wins from 12 starts (25%)
✔ Course specialist at Cartmel: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%)
✔ Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 27% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 11 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Left-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 Aug
🏆 Won
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
18 Jul
🏆 Won
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
26 Jun
3rd
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
27 May
🏆 Won
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
9 May
7th
Hexham
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 11 runners
20 Apr
6th
Kelso
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
13 Feb
4th
Fakenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 6 runners
4 Jan
8th
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 11 runners
21 Dec
4th
Fakenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 8 runners
26 Nov
11th
chelmsford
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 14 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 |
|---|
| Cartmel Tight |
4 |
3 wins, 1 third |
29 Aug |
75% |
| Fakenham Tight |
4 |
1 third, 3 other |
13 Feb |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
4 |
1 third, 3 other |
4 Jan |
0% |
| chelmsford |
3 |
3 other |
26 Nov |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
26 Jan |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
18 Sep |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
20 May |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
26 Jun |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
29 Jan |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
15 Jun |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 May |
0% |
| Kelso Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
20 Apr |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jul |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 May |
0% |
| Hexham Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |