Club Class
Club Class is a 4-year-old who has found the winner's enclosure just once in 14 career races — a breakthrough win at Kempton Park in early September that now sits a full year in the past. Since that single victory, the horse has been placed 10 times without winning again, a frustrating stretch that speaks to a horse operating right at the edge of its ability. With a win rate of roughly 1 in 14, Club Class is the type of consistent, honest performer that shows up, tries hard, and regularly finishes in the frame — but simply lacks the edge needed to close out races.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Helena Springfield Ltd
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
71.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The recent form tells a telling story: 12th place last time out, followed by a sequence of placed efforts, mostly middling finishes that suggest the horse is treading water. Trained by James Fanshawe at Newmarket, a yard that has sent out 44 winners this season, Club Class seems to run best at the middle distances between 1m3f and 1m4f, where it has managed that solitary win from eight attempts. Interestingly, the horse has been partnered regularly by jockey Daniel Muscutt — six rides together — without either of them managing to engineer a win, suggesting the partnership may lack chemistry or that Club Class simply needs a change of approach. In Class 4 company, the horse has failed to win in four tries, indicating it struggles when stepped up to races against slightly better opposition. This is a horse that punches below its weight at the top level, and may be better suited to lower-grade racing if the yard is to extract another win before its next year comes around.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard_to_slow ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 12% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
20 Aug
12th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 15 runners
18 Jul
2nd
Newmarket
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
5 Jul
2nd
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 8 runners
10 Jun
2nd
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 9 runners
4 May
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 7 runners
8 Apr
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 7 runners
29 Oct
2nd
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 13 runners
3 Sep
🏆 Won
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 5 runners
23 Aug
3rd
Goodwood
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
30 Jul
2nd
Sandown Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 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 |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
6 |
1 win, 2 seconds, 3 other |
10 Jun |
16.7% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Apr |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 third |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
30 Jul |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
5 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
18 Jul |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
23 Aug |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
15 May |
0% |