Bella Lyra
Bella Lyra broke her duck at Windsor on a June afternoon in 2025, but the young horse has found life tougher ever since. In eight races across her career, she has won just once and finished in the placings four times — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 8 races. Her last six outings tell the story: a ninth, then a 15th, followed by three consecutive fourth and third-place finishes before a ninth again just yesterday. She is still racing at three years old and very much a work in progress.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Jastar Capital Ltd Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The most telling detail is her record in top-level races. When stepped up to Class 1 company, Bella Lyra has managed 0 wins from 4 attempts, suggesting she may be more suited to less demanding contests. Her Windsor victory, now 15 months in the past, remains her sole success, and the lack of a second win since then hints that it may have been a career high rather than the start of something bigger. Still, she keeps running and keeps collecting minor placings, which says something for her consistency if not her ability to finish the job. Trained by Richard Hughes at Upper Lambourn — a yard that sent out 60 winners this season — Bella Lyra continues in active work despite the lean run.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Sep
9th
Great Yarmouth
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
20 Aug
15th
York
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 21 runners
28 Feb
DNF
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 13 runners
12 Sep
4th
Salisbury
5f – 6½f · Soft · 13 runners
26 Jul
3rd
Ascot
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
26 Jun
3rd
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
9 Jun
🏆 Won
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 runners
23 May
3rd
Haydock Park
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 6 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 |
|---|
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
9 Jun |
100% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
28 Feb |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Jun |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Jul |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
12 Sep |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
23 May |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Sep |
0% |