Country Artiste
Ten races into its career and Country Artiste is still waiting for that first winner's enclosure moment. The three-year-old has managed two placed finishes from those ten outings but has never converted a run into a win, leaving it with a record that reads more like a patience test than a trophy cabinet. The most recent six races tell a story of creeping improvement in reverse — finishing fourth and fifth twice each before drifting back to sixth, seventh, and tenth — though it is worth noting the horse raced just yesterday, so this is very much a story still being written.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
20%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes that record frustrating rather than damning is the level at which Country Artiste competes. Class 4 is mid-table racing in Britain's tiered system — not the very top, but not a soft touch either. From five races at that level, the horse has yet to win any of them, which suggests it is finding life competitive at its current grade. Whether that means a drop in class is needed, or simply that the right conditions haven't aligned yet, is the question Craig Lidster's yard will be asking.
Lidster trains out of Norton in North Yorkshire and has had a productive season, sending out 20 winners already. That suggests a yard that knows how to get a horse ready to perform — which makes Country Artiste's blank record slightly puzzling. With an experienced handler behind it and clear room to improve as a three-year-old still developing physically, the ingredients for a first win are there. It just hasn't happened yet.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 May
10th
Ripon
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
20 Jan
7th
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
6 Jan
6th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 8 runners
2 Oct
5th
Nottingham
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 6 runners
6 Sep
5th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
22 Aug
4th
Goodwood
5f – 6½f · Good · 9 runners
30 Jul
5th
Sandown Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 5 runners
10 Jul
2nd
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
24 Jun
2nd
Newbury
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 15 runners
9 Jun
7th
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 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 |
|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
10 Jul |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
24 Jun |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jul |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
6 Sep |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Oct |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
6 Jan |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jan |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
22 Aug |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
28 May |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jun |
0% |