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Just Adair

Just Adair is a 4-year-old with a curious split personality on the racetrack — brilliant at Windsor, ordinary elsewhere. The horse has won 2 of its 11 races overall, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 5 attempts, but the real story lies in how unevenly those victories are distributed. At Windsor, Just Adair is practically a different horse: it has won 2 of its 4 races there, a win rate of 50 percent. Everywhere else combined, it has managed just 2 wins from 7 races. This is the kind of course-specific talent that makes racing interesting — some horses simply have a track that suits them, and Windsor clearly brings out the best in this one.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Age
4 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Chestnut
Father
Ghaiyyath
Mother
Golden Reign
Trainer
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
Owner
Justin Vanessa Sullivan
Official rating
53

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
11
Career races
2
Wins
18.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
54.5%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
46 days
Since last race

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
TrackLab's detailed breakdown

The horse's form over the past six races tells a blunt story of struggle. Most recent first, the sequence reads 3-6-2-2-8-2: two third places, no wins, and a pair of unplaced efforts sandwiched in the middle. Just Adair hasn't been in the winner's circle for a full year — its last victory came at Windsor on 8 September 2025. That was also where it tasted success for the first time, on 23 August the same year. The recent form suggests the horse may be losing its way, unable to recapture the magic even at its happy hunting ground.

Trained by Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill's Cheltenham yard, which has sent out 51 winners this season, Just Adair typically races in Class 6 company — the lower tiers of racing — where it has won 2 of its 4 races, another healthy 50 percent return. This suggests the horse performs to the expected level when it gets a fair test on ground and in conditions that suit it. The question now is whether its Windsor form was a genuine edge or a run of fortune that has passed. At 4 years old and still racing regularly, Just Adair has time to rediscover that winning touch — but it will need to do so soon, because the current dry spell is an unwelcome trend.

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Good (a little give)
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
1M3F – 1M4F
7F – 1M
Unknown
1M6F – 2M
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Avoids

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
2 Sep
3rd
Bath
1m6f – 2m · Good · 10 runners
28 Jul
6th
Ffos Las
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 9 runners
1 Jul
2nd
Epsom Downs
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
1 Jun
2nd
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
28 Oct
8th
Leicester
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 12 runners
29 Sep
2nd
Brighton
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
8 Sep
🏆 Won
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 16 runners
23 Aug
🏆 Won
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
30 Jul
9th
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
28 Jun
6th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
50%
Win rate
1/2
Wins / rides
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
Mr Jude Fernandes
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Pat Cosgrave Current jockey
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
Windsor
Sharp
4 2 wins, 1 second, 1 other 1 Jun 50%
Leicester
Sharp
2 2 other 28 Oct 0%
Nottingham
Galloping
1 1 other 9 Apr 0%
Epsom Downs
Undulating
1 1 second 1 Jul 0%
Ffos Las
Galloping
1 1 other 28 Jul 0%
Bath
Undulating
1 1 third 2 Sep 0%
Brighton
Undulating
1 1 second 29 Sep 0%