Fast Deal
Fast Deal is a nine-year-old horse that has spent nearly three decades chasing that elusive second win. With just one victory from 46 races — a win at Stratford-on-Avon back in April 2024 — this is a horse that knows how to frustrate both its the yard and anyone who has backed it. That one success came 30 months ago, making the last three years a long, quiet spell punctuated by four places but no wins. The numbers tell the story: at Class 5 level, where it typically races, Fast Deal has won just once from 28 attempts, a win rate of less than 4%. Over its entire career, it wins roughly once every 50 races.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
Recent form offers little encouragement. In its last six outings, Fast Deal has finished sixth, sixth, sixth again, ninth, seventh, and sixth — a depressing consistency that suggests a horse running well below the pace needed to trouble the judges. It raced just yesterday and continues to be sent out by its trainer, which speaks either to patience or the hope that something will click. Its regular jockey, James Best, has drawn a blank from five rides together, though that small sample size barely registers compared to the broader pattern of struggle. Fast Deal is the kind of horse that shows up, does its job, and leaves little impression — a workhorse treading water at the bottom end of the sport.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 12 starts (8%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 25 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Market Rasen in 18 attempts
⚠ Yet to win at Southwell in 8 attempts
⚠ Yet to win at Cartmel in 5 attempts
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 21 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 11 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Tight tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
Class 6 (grassroots)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
26 Sep
7th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
29 Aug
9th
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
15 Aug
6th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
20 Jul
6th
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
12 Jun
6th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
23 May
8th
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
26 Dec
DNF
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
14 Dec
DNF
Southwell
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
23 Aug
6th
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
16 Aug
8th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Miss Aaliyah Bowers-Carter
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Market Rasen Sharp |
18 |
1 second, 17 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
8 |
1 second, 7 other |
14 Dec |
0% |
| Cartmel Tight |
5 |
5 other |
29 Aug |
0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
19 Oct |
33.3% |
| Fakenham Tight |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
2 Jan |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
28 Nov |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Sep |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
6 Aug |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Oct |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jun |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Jul |
0% |