General Assembly
General Assembly has become something of a steady hand for
Clare Hobson's Royston yard—the kind of horse that shows up, runs honestly, and occasionally finds the winner's circle. At five years old, the horse carries a career record of 4 wins and 10 places from 33 races, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 8 outings. Those numbers look modest until you focus on where they come from: at the lower class levels where the horse typically races, General Assembly wins about 1 in every 6 races, which marks it as genuinely competitive among its peers.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Clare Hobson Racing Partnership
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🏁 Next race
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Wolverhampton (AW)
About 5 furlongs · Standard all-weather surface · 11 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The most telling detail is the long spell without a winner. General Assembly's last victory came at Chelmsford on 6 November 2025, now eleven months in the past. Since then, six consecutive races have brought no success—a sequence that includes a couple of fourth-place finishes alongside some mid-field efforts. The horse raced just yesterday, so Hobson is keeping it active, hunting for that next moment. Whether the horse has lost a step or simply awaits the right race and conditions remains an open question, but the gap is noticeable and the recent form reads as a horse waiting for its luck to turn.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Likes
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Oct
4th
Southwell
Sprint (< 5f) · Standard · 10 runners
7 Sep
8th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
27 Aug
5th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 6 runners
11 Jul
4th
Chester
5f – 6½f · Good · 13 runners
18 May
10th
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 runners
29 Apr
DNF
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
26 Feb
DNF
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 7 runners
9 Feb
2nd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
8 Jan
6th
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 8 runners
18 Dec
7th
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 14 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 |
|---|
| chelmsford |
10 |
2 wins, 1 third, 7 other |
26 Feb |
20% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 1 second, 2 other |
7 Sep |
25% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
3 Jul |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
18 Jul |
50% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
2 |
2 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
27 Aug |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
29 Apr |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
18 May |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Jun |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Oct |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Feb |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 May |
0% |