Gretna Dreams
Gretna Dreams is a 4-year-old that has won 3 of its 18 races—a solid if unspectacular record that puts it in the middle tier of competitive racehorses. What makes this horse worth watching, though, is how unevenly those wins are distributed. Over the distances it prefers, between just over a mile and a mile and a quarter, Gretna Dreams is genuinely dangerous. In races at that range it has won 2 of 5 starts—a 40% win rate that suggests real class when everything lines up. Similarly, in top-level Class 5 races it has won 2 of 6 times, a 33% success rate that shows it knows how to handle the right level of opposition.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
J Sarkar D Sarkar O Sarkar D Sarkar
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The trouble is consistency. Gretna Dreams hasn't won a race since August 2025, now 13 months without a victory despite remaining active. Its last six runs tell a frustrating story for trainer Stuart Williams's Newmarket yard: it has finished out of the placings three times and hasn't cracked the top three once. That recent form suggests the horse either needs a break or is struggling to find the right race shape. Williams runs a successful operation—67 winners this season—so the yard is clearly capable, but Gretna Dreams appears to be one that needs the stars to align: the right distance, the right class, the right conditions. When it gets them, it wins. When it doesn't, the placings dry up completely. For now, it remains a horse with real ability on its day, but patience is wearing thin after a year without a win.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 40% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Likes
Good (a little give)
Likes
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
Class 6 (grassroots)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 Sep
6th
Brighton
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 8 runners
14 Aug
6th
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
23 Jul
3rd
Great Yarmouth
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 5 runners
21 Jun
DNF
Brighton
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
1 Jun
7th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
30 Oct
7th
chelmsford
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 9 runners
22 Sep
6th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
22 Aug
🏆 Won
Newmarket
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
6 Aug
🏆 Won
Brighton
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 8 runners
10 Jul
4th
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 9 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 |
|---|
| Brighton Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
1 Sep |
33.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
22 Sep |
33.3% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
22 Aug |
50% |
| Windsor Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
14 Aug |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
30 Oct |
0% |