Hello Cotai
Hello Cotai is a 5-year-old with a particular talent for one racecourse that has defined its career. Of 24 races, the horse has won 5 and placed in 11 others, which works out to roughly 1 win in every 5 races — a respectable win rate for a horse competing mostly in lower-grade races. But the real story sits in the numbers from Epsom Downs, its home track and the base of trainer
Jim Boyle's yard. There, Hello Cotai has won 3 of 7 races, a win rate double its overall average. This is not luck; it is the kind of pattern that suggests the horse runs to its best on a familiar surface, against rivals it has seen before.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Ownaracehorse J R Boyle
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Recent form tells a different story. In the last six races, Hello Cotai has won only twice — most recently this week at Salisbury on 1 October — but has been inconsistent. Two fourth-place finishes and a seventh-place result sit alongside that win and a couple of placed efforts. The horse is active and still racing, which means it remains competitive, but the gaps between wins are widening. When it does run in Class 5 races, its proper level, it has won 2 of 10, holding steady at 20 per cent there. Jim Boyle's yard at Epsom has had a productive season with 25 winners, so the infrastructure around this horse is solid. For a 5-year-old without the profile or prize money to suggest a star in the making, Hello Cotai is a sound, honest performer whose best chance of success remains a return to the racecourse where it has always run best.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Course specialist at Epsom Downs: 3 wins from 7 starts (43%)
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Good to soft (some give)
Likes
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 Oct
🏆 Won
Salisbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 13 runners
8 Sep
7th
Goodwood
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 12 runners
31 Aug
🏆 Won
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
10 Aug
4th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
16 Jul
4th
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 5 runners
1 Jul
3rd
Epsom Downs
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 9 runners
1 Jun
🏆 Won
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
15 May
6th
Newbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 13 runners
28 Apr
3rd
Lingfield Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 10 runners
12 Sep
6th
Epsom Downs
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 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 |
|---|
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
7 |
3 wins, 1 second, 1 third, 2 other |
31 Aug |
42.9% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
1 Oct |
50% |
| Windsor Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
10 Aug |
50% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
15 May |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
8 Sep |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
28 Apr |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
28 Sep |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 May |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
2 Jun |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
23 Aug |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Aug |
0% |