Bold Style
Bold Style is a 5-year-old horse that has won just once in 11 races — a victory at Chelmsford on 14 December 2023 that now sits 33 months in the past. That win came at distances between one mile one furlong and one mile two furlongs, the sweet spot where the horse has shown its best form: one win from five attempts at that trip, a 20% win rate. Everywhere else, Bold Style has struggled to find the frame, managing just four places from six races outside that range. The numbers tell a story of a horse that has been chasing that second win for nearly three years, over-raced perhaps, or simply not quite good enough for the level it has been facing.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Four Shams Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Trained by Andrew Slattery at Thurles in Co Tipperary, Bold Style remains active — it raced just a day ago and came sixth. The yard itself is thriving this season, with 62 winners sent out, but Bold Style has not been part of that recent success. Its last six races have brought nothing but frustration: fifth, third, sixth, eleventh, fourteenth, and sixth again. It is the kind of record that suggests the horse is running on hope, picked out for races where there might be an opening, where conditions or luck could finally break its way. At five years old, Bold Style is at an age where racehorses either establish themselves as reliable performers or drift toward the bottom rung of the sport. For now, it remains in limbo — good enough to keep racing, not quite good enough to recapture the lightning of that single win at Chelmsford.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 17% 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 (all-weather)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
9 Oct
10th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
30 Aug
5th
Cork
7f – 1m · Yielding · 9 runners
13 Jul
3rd
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 5 runners
16 Jan
6th
meydan
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
2 Jan
11th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
6 Dec
14th
abu_dhabi
7f – 1m · 17 runners
17 Jan
6th
meydan
7f – 1m · Firm · 16 runners
11 Jul
6th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 6 runners
3 May
2nd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 6 runners
16 Apr
3rd
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 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 |
|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| meydan |
3 |
3 other |
16 Jan |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 win |
14 Dec |
100% |
| abu_dhabi |
1 |
1 other |
6 Dec |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Aug |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
25 Nov |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
13 Jul |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Oct |
0% |