Grimese's Special
Grimese's Special broke through at Salisbury a year ago and has been chasing that feeling ever since. The three-year-old won just once in nine career races — a 20% success rate over the mile or seven-furlong distances where it genuinely competes, but nothing in the 12 months since that September victory. Last time out, a day ago, it finished fifth, which is par for the course these days: looking at the most recent six races, the horse has managed a pair of fifths but also a 13th and an eighth, suggesting inconsistency or that it simply has not found the right race.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
The pattern is familiar. Once a horse tastes the winner's circle early in its career, there is a temptation to keep chasing that high, but Grimese's Special has not kicked on. Trainer J. S. Moore, who runs a 17-winner yard this season at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, has the horse still active and racing regularly, so there is clearly hope that lightning might strike again. The mile is its best distance — one win from five attempts there — but the field has moved on, and so far the horse has not. At this level, a single win from nine races over a year is the definition of a trying campaign. Whether Grimese's Special finds another winning race before moving on to something else remains to be seen, but right now it is a horse marked by that single moment of glory and very little since.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 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
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Sep
6th
Ffos Las
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
13 Sep
5th
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
28 Aug
5th
Ffos Las
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
9 Jun
8th
Salisbury
5f – 6½f · Soft · 12 runners
23 May
13th
Salisbury
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
26 Dec
5th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 5 runners
3 Oct
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 6 runners
12 Sep
🏆 Won
Salisbury
7f – 1m · Heavy · 6 runners
2 Sep
7th
Chepstow
7f – 1m · Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Salisbury Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
9 Jun |
33.3% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Sep |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Sep |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Dec |
0% |