Bird Of War
Bird Of War is a three-year-old with a lean record so far: one win and three places from twelve races, winning roughly once every twelve attempts. That single victory came at Newcastle on November 1st last year, and the horse has drawn a blank in every race since—a stretch now extending eleven months. The recent form tells the story plainly: fourth, third, sixth, third, fifth, eighth in the last six outings, the kind of pattern that suggests a horse still looking for its level, or perhaps struggling to recapture whatever made it win that day at Newcastle.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
What gives Bird Of War a glimmer of hope is its clear preference for middle distances. Over the 1m1f to 1m2f range, it has won one of five races—a 20 percent win rate, meaningfully better than its overall 8 percent. That Newcastle victory came at precisely this trip, suggesting there is ground on which this horse might find the winning post again. Charles Hills, its trainer at Lambourn, has been having a productive season with twenty-nine winners so far, and the yard plainly sees something worth persisting with, otherwise Bird Of War would not still be racing. But the eleven-month gap since that single win is hard to ignore. For a three-year-old, that is a long time to be chasing success, and every blank race raises the question of whether the initial promise was genuine or simply a day when everything aligned.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 20% win rate
⚠ 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
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Sep
4th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 10 runners
25 Aug
3rd
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 10 runners
4 Aug
6th
Ffos Las
7f – 1m · Good · 9 runners
25 Jun
3rd
Newcastle
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 14 runners
13 Jun
5th
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
8 Apr
8th
Nottingham
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
1 Nov
🏆 Won
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 7 runners
14 Oct
4th
Leicester
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 runners
16 Sep
4th
Great Yarmouth
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
16 Aug
9th
Newbury
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 10 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 |
|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
25 Jun |
50% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
14 Sep |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Oct |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Sep |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jul |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Apr |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Aug |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
25 Aug |
0% |