Art Lover
Art Lover broke through with a maiden win at Ffos Las in August 2025, but has found winning elusive ever since. The three-year-old trained by
William Haggas has raced eleven times overall, finishing in the top 3 on five occasions beyond that opening success, yet has managed just 1 win from 11 races—roughly one victory per nine attempts. That single breakthrough came fourteen months ago, and the horse has not won since, a drought that now stretches across its last six races.
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 tells a story of consistent but unfulfilled effort. In the past six outings, Art Lover has picked up a pair of second-place finishes and a third, sandwiched around some further-back efforts, suggesting the talent is there but consistency remains the problem. Racing from William Haggas's Newmarket yard—one of the country's most successful operations with 170 winners this season alone—Art Lover continues to race regularly and returned to action just a day ago, still seeking that elusive second win. For a horse that has shown enough to win once and finish in the frame repeatedly, the challenge now is translating those near-misses into another victory.
⚡ 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
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Oct
5th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · 12 runners
26 Sep
8th
Haydock Park
5f – 6½f · Heavy · 14 runners
17 Sep
3rd
Great Yarmouth
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 runners
9 Sep
2nd
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · 7 runners
28 Aug
4th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 20 runners
11 Jul
2nd
Chester
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
8 Oct
7th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 10 runners
12 Sep
8th
Doncaster
5f – 6½f · Good · 16 runners
28 Aug
🏆 Won
Ffos Las
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
28 Jul
2nd
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 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 |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
14 Oct |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
28 Aug |
100% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 second |
11 Jul |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
31 May |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Sep |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
17 Sep |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
28 Jul |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Aug |
0% |