Blue Jay Way
Blue Jay Way is a 6-year-old who knows how to win when the right race comes along — but finding that race has become increasingly difficult. The horse has only two wins from 31 career races, a win rate of roughly 1 win every 15 races, yet both victories came within a week of each other last October: first at Catterick Bridge on 1 October, then at Wolverhampton nine days later. That kind of back-to-back success suggested a horse hitting form at the right moment, but the past year has been a very different story. Blue Jay Way has not found the winning post once in the last 12 months and has gone 25 races without a victory.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 the familiar tale of a horse treading water. In the last six outings, it has managed two top-3 finishes — a fourth place and another fourth — but nothing better. The two wins came in Class 6 races, the lower tier of the sport, and even there the numbers are sobering: 2 wins from 16 Class 6 attempts works out to a 12% success rate in supposedly easier company. Blue Jay Way is trained by John David Riches at Pilling in Lancashire, a yard that has found five winners this season, though this particular horse does not appear to be among the yard's success stories. Sean Kirrane has been the regular jockey, riding it eight times without a single victory. The horse raced just yesterday and remains active, but with 31 races on the record and no win since October 2025, it is clearly a horse still searching for another winning opportunity.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 7 starts (14%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
4th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
22 Jun
7th
Catterick Bridge
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
1 Jun
9th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
21 May
4th
Catterick Bridge
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
23 Mar
7th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 10 runners
3 Nov
8th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
20 Oct
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 11 runners
1 Oct
🏆 Won
Catterick Bridge
5f – 6½f · Soft · 10 runners
22 Sep
8th
Hamilton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
8 Sep
8th
Newcastle
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 12 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Ethan Tindall Current jockey
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
10 |
1 win, 2 thirds, 7 other |
22 Jun |
10% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
9 |
1 win, 8 other |
13 Oct |
11.1% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
4 |
4 other |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
8 Sep |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
12 Sep |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Nov |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
6 Jul |
0% |