Galileo Island
Galileo Island is a young horse still searching for consistency, though there are hints of promise buried in a mixed record. The three-year-old has won twice from 13 races — a 15% win rate — but the troubling detail is that both victories came in the autumn of 2025, at Chelmsford in August and then at Epsom Downs in September. Since then, nothing. Twelve months have passed without another win, though the horse keeps turning up and occasionally threatening to break through: a second place, a third, a fourth, and a couple of eighths scattered through its last six outings. That kind of form — competitive enough to place regularly, but unable to seal the deal — is the mark of a horse that has plateaued slightly below its potential.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
The Island Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The encouraging part is what happens when Marco Ghiani takes the reins. The jockey has ridden Galileo Island six times and won twice — a 33% success rate, which is genuinely strong. That's more than double the horse's overall win rate, suggesting the partnership clicks in ways that matter. Trainer Tom Ward, based at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, has been busy this season with 14 winners from the yard, so there is clearly competence and momentum there. What Galileo Island needs now is a return to form at the level it has known: in Class 4 races, it has won one from five, which hints that stepping up in class may have caught it out.
The horse was last on the track just a day ago, keeping active in the racing circuit. There is time yet for Galileo Island to rediscover the magic that saw it win twice in quick succession two years ago. But with a year gone silent, the clock is ticking to prove it was not a flash in the pan.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Excellent record on standard_to_slow ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Oct
11th
Great Yarmouth
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
10 Sep
9th
Epsom Downs
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
4 Jul
3rd
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
20 Jun
8th
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 13 runners
1 Jan
4th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 8 runners
10 Dec
2nd
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 8 runners
20 Nov
3rd
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 4 runners
28 Sep
🏆 Won
Epsom Downs
7f – 1m · Good · 7 runners
21 Aug
🏆 Won
chelmsford
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 10 runners
19 Jul
2nd
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good · 8 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 |
|---|
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
10 Sep |
50% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
1 Jan |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
20 Jun |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 third |
10 Dec |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
2 |
2 thirds |
4 Jul |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 win |
21 Aug |
100% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 May |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Oct |
0% |