Gherkin
8-year-old gelding, a consistent performer, with 4 wins from 32 runs who runs best on slightly slow all-weather.
📊 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 standard_to_slow ground: 2 wins from 7 starts (29%)
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 2 wins from 3 starts (67%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 150-day absence
⚠ Yet to win at Bath in 6 attempts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Likes
Class 6 (grassroots)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Likes
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Oct
7th
Bath
5f – 6½f · Heavy · 11 runners
16 Jun
7th
Chepstow
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
27 May
12th
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 17 runners
11 Nov
3rd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 9 runners
31 Oct
7th
Bath
5f – 6½f · Soft · 9 runners
14 Oct
2nd
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Heavy · 11 runners
6 Sep
7th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 10 runners
26 Aug
4th
Chepstow
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
9 Jul
4th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
22 Apr
5th
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 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 |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
7 |
2 wins, 2 thirds, 3 other |
6 Sep |
28.6% |
| Windsor Sharp |
6 |
1 win, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 1 other |
14 Oct |
16.7% |
| Bath Undulating |
6 |
2 seconds, 1 third, 3 other |
30 Oct |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
19 Oct |
50% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
9 Jul |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
11 Nov |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
16 Jun |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
26 Aug |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 Sep |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Jul |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
27 May |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Nov |
0% |