Balance Of Trade
Balance Of Trade has yet to taste victory in eighteen races, but the three-year-old continues racing and has shown enough promise to suggest the breakthrough may come. The horse has one placed finish to its name and has been particularly active in recent weeks, running six times in what appears to be a sustained campaign. In those last six races, the results have ranged from fifth place twice to eighth place three times, with an eleventh-place finish most recently—form that suggests Balance Of Trade sits in a middling band of competitive racing, neither embarrassingly outclassed nor particularly striking.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
Wesley Joyce has become the horse's regular pilot, riding Balance Of Trade ten times without a winner. At this stage, the jockey-horse combination has simply failed to deliver in the win column, though Joyce continues to take the ride, suggesting the trainer still believes there is something worth working with. Gary Rutherford's yard at Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire, has sent out seven winners already this season, so Rutherford himself is no stranger to getting horses to the line—a fact that raises the question of why Balance Of Trade has proven so difficult to get right. For now, the horse remains in the mix, running regularly and showing just enough in placings to justify another chance, but time is ticking to prove it can do better than that single place finish from eighteen attempts.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Sep
11th
Thirsk
1m6f – 2m · Good · 12 runners
31 Aug
9th
Ripon
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
11 Aug
8th
Carlisle
7f – 1m · Good · 8 runners
17 Jul
8th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
2 Jul
5th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
22 Jun
5th
Ballinrobe
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 8 runners
1 Jun
4th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
8 May
9th
Ballinrobe
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
11 Apr
3rd
Bellewstown
7f – 1m · Soft · 13 runners
8 Apr
4th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
3 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
19 May |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
22 Jun |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Sep |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
27 Oct |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
11 Apr |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jul |
0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
11 Aug |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
31 Aug |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 Sep |
0% |