Glitz And Glamour
Glitz And Glamour had a breakthrough moment at Sligo back in August 2025, but the five-year-old has found it tough going ever since. That single victory came alongside three placings across ten races — a win rate of 1 in 10 — which tells you this horse operates at the more modest end of the racing game. What makes that maiden success worth noting is that it came relatively late in its career, suggesting it took time to find its groove. The real puzzle, though, is the fourteen-month gap since that last win. Recent form has been mixed at best: a fourth place and a ninth from the last six races show Glitz And Glamour struggling to recapture that winning touch, though a third-place finish suggests it can still find a level where it competes.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
Calum Hogan has been the horse's main partner, and the partnership has a better record than the overall numbers suggest — winning 1 of 5 races together, a 20% win rate. That's a decent sign that when jockey and horse click, there is something there to work with. Neil King, the trainer at Wroughton in Wiltshire, has sent out sixteen winners this season from a modest operation, so he knows how to get results. For a horse with Glitz And Glamour's record, the challenge now is finding the right race and the right ground to spark a return to the winner's enclosure. At five years old, there is still time, but at this rate the horse will need to rediscover the form that brought that win in August.
⚡ 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 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Sep
4th
Newton Abbot
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
4 Aug
11th
Roscommon
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 19 runners
10 Jul
6th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
21 May
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
19 Oct
9th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 10 runners
5 Oct
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 7 runners
21 Sep
8th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 18 runners
20 Aug
🏆 Won
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
22 Jul
6th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
7 Jul
3rd
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good · 19 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 |
|---|
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
4 Aug |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 May |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
20 Aug |
100% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
5 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| Newton Abbot Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
28 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jul |
0% |