Berkshire Boom
Berkshire Boom broke through at Chester on 26 July 2025, delivering its first win from 11 career races. The 3-year-old has been knocking on the door ever since, with five places to show for its efforts, but that breakthrough victory at Chester hinted at something worth watching. The trouble is the form has dried up since. With only 1 win from 11 races overall, Berkshire Boom wins roughly 1 in every 11 races it runs — a modest record — and hasn't found the winner's enclosure in the last six months, despite two runners-up finishes in that stretch that suggest it remains competitive.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
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📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse shows clear preferences. Over distances between seven furlongs and a mile, where it has raced five times, Berkshire Boom wins 1 in every 5 races — a respectable 20% win rate that's double its overall average. That Chester win came at the right trip, hinting that patience and the right ground could matter here. Andrew Balding's Kingsclere yard, which has already sent out 202 winners this season, hasn't given up on the horse either, keeping it in training and running it regularly. The recent form reads 9-2-3-12-5-2, a fluctuating pattern that suggests Berkshire Boom remains searching for consistency but hasn't completely lost its way. After racing just a day ago, the horse is clearly still active in the yard's plans — whether that leads to another win soon is the question.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Oct
9th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 10 runners
14 Sep
2nd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 10 runners
24 Aug
3rd
Windsor
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
10 Aug
12th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 14 runners
24 Jul
5th
Sandown Park
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
10 Jul
2nd
Chester
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
12 Jun
3rd
Chester
7f – 1m · Soft · 9 runners
30 May
6th
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
11 May
7th
Windsor
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 13 runners
26 Jul
🏆 Won
Chester
7f – 1m · Good · 8 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 |
|---|
| Chester Tight |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 third |
10 Jul |
33.3% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
5 Oct |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jun |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Jul |
0% |