Hay Max
Hay Max is a five-year-old who has made a habit of finishing close without quite getting over the line. Across five races, the horse has yet to win but has picked up three placed finishes — meaning it has been in the money more often than not, which is no small thing. The recent form figures of 7-3-–-3-2 tell an interesting story: after a difficult patch in the middle, Hay Max has come back to finish third and then second in its last two completed races. That runner-up finish is the most recent result of note, and with the horse having raced just one day ago, it is very much a live and active competitor right now.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🏁 Next race
Today
Sedgefield
About 2.1 miles · Good ground · 8 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What Hay Max needs most is to convert that consistency into a win. Finishing second and third repeatedly can mean two things: either the horse is finding its level and running as well as it can, or it is close to a breakthrough and simply needs the right race to fall its way. Given the improving trajectory — a seventh, then gaps, then a third, then a second — there is at least a case for the optimistic reading.
The trainer is Charlie Longsdon, who operates out of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Longsdon's yard has sent out 33 winners already this season, which marks it as a stable in good form and worth following. A trainer running at that kind of volume tends to know when a horse is ready to run, and placing Hay Max consistently in races where it finishes in the top three suggests they believe there is a win in the horse — it is just a matter of finding the right opportunity.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
23 Apr
7th
Warwick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
1 Apr
3rd
Sedgefield
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
1 Mar
DNF
Huntingdon
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 21 runners
6 Oct
3rd
Stratford-on-Avon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
12 Apr
2nd
Bangor-on-Dee
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 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 |
|---|
| Sedgefield Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
1 Apr |
0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
12 Apr |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Apr |
0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
6 Oct |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Mar |
0% |