Brain Freeze
Six races, zero wins, and a best finish of third — on paper, Brain Freeze has not given punters much to shout about. The three-year-old has placed just once from six attempts, and that solitary top-three finish is the closest it has come to a winner's enclosure so far. Yesterday's outing, finishing twelfth, was the low point of a sequence that also includes two sixth-place finishes and a seventh, suggesting the horse is still finding its feet at this level rather than threatening to break through.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
16.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What does offer some hope is the yard behind it. Michael Dods, training out of Piercebridge in County Durham, has sent out 43 winners already this season — a volume that speaks to a busy, competent operation that knows how to get horses ready to run. A trainer firing at that rate is not wasting entries; when Dods runs a horse, there is usually a plan. Brain Freeze may simply be a work in progress, a young horse still maturing and learning the game, with the yard waiting for the penny to drop.
The honest truth is that one place from six races at age three is not unusual — plenty of horses take time to find their best form, and some only click once they settle into a clear role or find the right conditions. Brain Freeze is still active, raced just yesterday, and the season is not over. The next few runs will tell us a great deal about whether improvement is coming or whether the talent simply is not there yet.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Apr
12th
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 14 runners
1 Oct
4th
Catterick Bridge
5f – 6½f · Soft · 5 runners
15 Sep
7th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Soft · 13 runners
23 Aug
3rd
Redcar
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
11 Aug
6th
Ayr
7f – 1m · Good · 7 runners
25 Jul
6th
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 8 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Thirsk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
15 Sep |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Aug |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
23 Aug |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Apr |
0% |