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Camino Del Ray

Camino Del Ray is a horse that knows exactly where it likes to race. The 4-year-old has won 3 of its 10 races — a respectable 30% win rate — but the real story lies in how those victories cluster around specific conditions and tracks. On normal ground, the horse transforms into a different animal: it has won 3 of 6 races (50%) on these surfaces, compared to a single win from four starts on faster or softer going. This isn't a minor advantage; it's the kind of preference that a trainer learns to exploit.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
4 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Cable Bay
Mother
Twinkle Twinkle
Owner
Star Cottage Stud
Rating
73

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
10
Career races
3
Wins
30%
Win rate
avg ~10%
40%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
Auto-Generated

Julie Camacho's stable at Norton in North Yorkshire has clearly done exactly that. Camino Del Ray has made Southwell its second home, winning 2 of its 4 races at that track. Most recently, it won there on 10 March 2026, six months ago — long enough to suggest the horse has been either rested or moved through a string of unsuccessful attempts elsewhere. That pattern shows in its last six runs: two wins surrounded by finishing eighth, fourth, and sixth, with a pair of fifth-place finishes. It's inconsistent form on the face of it, but the wins suggest the horse still has plenty of racing left in it.

At Class 5 level — a modest tier of competition — Camino Del Ray has won 2 of 5 races (40%), which hints that the horse competes better against horses in this grade than it does overall. With Julie Camacho's 46 winners from the yard this season, there's clearly a team that knows how to find winners. The key for Camino Del Ray will be keeping it on normal ground, ideally back at Southwell where the record speaks for itself. That's a recipe for consistency in a horse that, when conditions align, wins roughly one race in every two or three outings.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on standard ground: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%)

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good (firm-ish)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
1M1F – 1M2F
7F – 1M
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Aug
8th
Redcar
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
9 Apr
4th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 4 runners
10 Mar
🏆 Won
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 12 runners
10 Mar
🏆 Won
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 12 runners
5 Feb
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 11 runners
20 Jul
5th
Redcar
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 6 runners
17 Jun
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 7 runners
19 May
7th
Carlisle
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
1 May
2nd
Redcar
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
13 Mar
🏆 Won
Newcastle
7f – 1m · Standard · 7 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
Tom Kiely-Marshall
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
2/2
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Southwell
Galloping
4 2 wins, 2 other 10 Mar 50%
Redcar
Galloping
3 1 second, 2 other 22 Aug 0%
Newcastle
Galloping
1 1 win 13 Mar 100%
Carlisle
Undulating
1 1 other 19 May 0%
Wolverhampton
Galloping
1 1 other 9 Apr 0%