Inside Story
Inside Story is a 3-year-old still hunting for her second career win, having found the racecourse a frustrating place since breaking through at Southwell last September. Her recent form reads 5-2-2-8-4-5, a pattern that suggests promise interrupted by disappointment, the kind of record that keeps a trainer awake at night.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
She shows her best form over shorter distances between five and six and a half furlongs, where she has won one from five races — a 20% win rate at that trip. That victory at Southwell came on ground conditions that suited her, and trainer James Tate, based at Newmarket, believes she can prove herself again. Before a midsummer run at Yarmouth in one of the year's most competitive races (won by Gold Digger), Tate noted that she was working beautifully at home but got too keen in the race itself, never settling enough to show what she could do. She felt that run, difficult as it looked at the time, would ultimately vindicate her. She raced just a day ago and remains active, still chasing that elusive second win while her trainer keeps faith that the pieces will click into place.
⚡ 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 6 starts (17%)
✔ Well suited by 5f – 6½f distances: 20% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Sep
5th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
18 Aug
2nd
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 10 runners
31 Jul
2nd
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
16 Jun
8th
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 12 runners
12 May
4th
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
4 Mar
5th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow
28 Feb
DNF
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 13 runners
31 Oct
7th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good · 20 runners
4 Sep
🏆 Won
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 14 runners
9 Jul
2nd
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 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 |
|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
22 Sep |
50% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 |
2 seconds |
18 Aug |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
4 Mar |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 May |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
31 Oct |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Jun |
0% |