Dark Shot
10-year-old gelding with 4 wins from 32 runs who runs best on soft, spongy ground.
Owner
Chappell Rose & Radford
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Returning from a 1151-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Ok
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
2 Feb
7th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
26 Jan
4th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
21 Jan
6th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
10 Jan
5th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 14 runners
27 Dec
10th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
6 Dec
10th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
28 Nov
9th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
28 Oct
🏆 Won
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
24 Oct
7th
Redcar
5f – 6½f · Heavy · 9 runners
15 Oct
10th
Catterick Bridge
5f – 6½f · Soft · 12 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Elisha Whittington Current jockey
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
| Southwell Galloping |
8 |
1 win, 7 other |
2 Feb |
12.5% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
6 |
2 wins, 4 other |
15 Oct |
33.3% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 other |
3 Nov |
33.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
21 Jan |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
24 Oct |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
7 Sep |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
19 Jun |
0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
19 Apr |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Apr |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Apr |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
16 May |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
30 Jul |
0% |