Indy's Angel
Indy's Angel has earned just one victory from 26 career races—a breakthrough win at Newcastle back in September 2024 that remains the high point of a lengthy campaign at the lower rungs of racing. The 4-year-old has since spent 25 months chasing that elusive second win, collecting six minor placings along the way but rarely troubling the judge. At Class 6, the basement level of British racing, the horse has won 1 of 9 races, which suggests it is competitive enough to prevail on its day, yet something consistently prevents it from getting over the line.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
The Summer Nights Partnership
📊 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 familiar story: placings at positions 2, 2, 7, 3, 11, and 2 across the last six runs show a horse that often finishes in the frame but struggles to finish first. The partnership with regular jockey Aiden Brookes has yielded just 1 win from 8 races together—a 12% return, better than the overall record but still unproductive over a meaningful sample. With Philip Kirby's East Appleton yard sending out 36 winners this season, Indy's Angel has not been one of them; the trainer clearly has other horses firing while this one languishes without a victory in nearly two years. Raced as recently as yesterday, the horse remains active and trying, but at four years old and with just one win to show from 26 attempts, it has become the definition of a peripheral racer—capable of occasional money finishes but unlikely to trouble the winners' enclosure again.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 7 starts (14%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 10 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 9 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Catterick Bridge in 8 attempts
⚠ Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Sep
2nd
Catterick Bridge
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
22 Aug
11th
Redcar
5f – 6½f · Good · 20 runners
5 Aug
3rd
Great Yarmouth
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
18 Jul
7th
Ripon
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
8 Jul
2nd
Catterick Bridge
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
1 Jul
2nd
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 19 runners
16 Jun
11th
Beverley
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
21 May
8th
Catterick Bridge
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
7 May
8th
Redcar
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 runners
20 Apr
7th
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 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 |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
8 |
3 seconds, 5 other |
30 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
5 |
1 win, 4 other |
20 Apr |
20% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
1 Jul |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
24 Oct |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
22 Aug |
0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
16 Jun |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jul |
0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Sep |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
5 Aug |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
18 Jul |
0% |