Counter Intuitive
Counter Intuitive is a 3-year-old with a knack for finding the winners' enclosure at exactly the right distance. The horse has won 2 of its 6 races and placed another 2 times — a 33% win rate that speaks to genuine quality — and both victories have come over the longer distances of a mile and six furlongs to two miles, where it has won half of its four races at that trip. That's a real edge, the kind of pattern that catches the eye of serious watchers. Its first win came at Thirsk on 16 June, and it followed that up with success at Newmarket on 17 July, suggesting the horse knows how to win on different tracks.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
Ed Walker trains the horse from Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, a yard in red-hot form with 76 winners already this season. Counter Intuitive is still racing actively — it was in action just yesterday — and has picked up a win in its last six outings, though the form has been patchy of late. The recent record reads 8-7-1-1-6-8, which shows decent moments mixed with some disappointing efforts. That's the reality of racing a 3-year-old: some days it clicks, other days you're scratching your head. But the two wins at the distance suggest Walker has found the sweet spot, and there's every reason to think Counter Intuitive will get another chance to prove itself over that ground sooner rather than later.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 50% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
18 Sep
8th
Newbury
1m6f – 2m · Good · 12 runners
13 Aug
7th
Salisbury
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
17 Jul
🏆 Won
Newmarket
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 4 runners
16 Jun
🏆 Won
Thirsk
1m6f – 2m · Good · 5 runners
14 May
6th
Salisbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 11 runners
5 Nov
8th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 14 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 |
|---|
| Salisbury Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
13 Aug |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
16 Jun |
100% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
17 Jul |
100% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Sep |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Nov |
0% |