Heroics
Heroics is a three-year-old with all the hallmarks of a horse beginning to hit its stride. The gelding has won twice from eight races — a 25 per cent win rate that becomes far more impressive when you look at where those victories have come: over distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, Heroics has managed two wins from just four attempts, a 50 per cent success rate that suggests it has found the right trip. That longer, galloping ground clearly suits it.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 recent form tells an encouraging story. Heroics won at Wolverhampton four weeks ago and has finished in the placings in four of its last six races, including a second-place finish just over a week ago. That consistency — three wins or places in the past month alone — suggests the horse is genuinely improving and racing well. It only finished fourth once in that sequence, which speaks to a horse that is competitive whenever it lines up.
Alan King's Wroughton yard has been firing on all cylinders this season with 57 winners already, so Heroics is in a stable with real momentum. The trainer clearly knows how to get horses ready and keep them sharp. With two wins already banked and the form trending in the right direction, Heroics looks like a horse worth keeping an eye on — the kind that could yet win considerably more races this season if it stays healthy and continues to race over the trips where it has proved it belongs.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 50% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
17 Sep
2nd
Great Yarmouth
1m6f – 2m · Good · 10 runners
18 Aug
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 9 runners
4 Jul
DNF
Newmarket
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
12 Jun
🏆 Won
Sandown Park
1m6f – 2m · Good · 5 runners
14 May
4th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 16 runners
30 Apr
2nd
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 8 runners
30 Oct
2nd
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 11 runners
9 Oct
4th
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 10 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 |
|---|
| Bath Undulating |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
30 Oct |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
12 Jun |
100% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
18 Aug |
100% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
17 Sep |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 May |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Jul |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
30 Apr |
0% |