Forty Years On
Forty Years On has packed an extraordinary amount of racing success into a short career, winning five of its eight races and finishing in the frame in almost every outing. The four-year-old burst onto the track with a maiden win at Doncaster on 30 March 2025 and has barely looked back since, winning roughly two out of every three races it enters. More impressive still is its recent form: over its last six races it has won four times, with just two placings and a single defeat. That kind of consistency at the winning post is rare. Just two weeks ago it scored at Goodwood on 29 August 2026, and with racing again just yesterday, the horse is clearly in a purple patch and being kept busy by the yard keen to capitalise on the form.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
George Scott's Newmarket yard has built a formidable reputation this season with 52 winners already on the board, and Forty Years On is shaping up as one of its standout performers. The horse's win rate of better than 60 per cent suggests it is operating at a level where it wins more often than it loses, which is the mark of a genuinely good racehorse. At four years old it still has room to grow, and if the recent run of four wins in six races can be sustained, there is every reason to think bigger opportunities may open up. For now, Forty Years On remains a horse very much in form and very much worth keeping an eye on.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Sep
4th
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good · 20 runners
29 Aug
🏆 Won
Goodwood
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 15 runners
11 Jun
🏆 Won
Newbury
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 16 runners
21 Sep
2nd
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 11 runners
5 Sep
🏆 Won
Ascot
7f – 1m · Soft · 15 runners
19 Jul
🏆 Won
Haydock Park
7f – 1m · Good · 5 runners
30 Mar
🏆 Won
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
13 Mar
3rd
chelmsford
7f – 1m · Standard · 10 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 |
|---|
| Doncaster Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
13 Sep |
50% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
11 Jun |
100% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
5 Sep |
100% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 win |
29 Aug |
100% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
19 Jul |
100% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 third |
13 Mar |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
21 Sep |
0% |