Just Keep Flying
Just Keep Flying broke through with a Class 2 victory at Goodwood on 23 August 2025, a high-level win that came as the horse's first success in seven career races. For a four-year-old, that breakthrough moment at such a competitive level suggested real potential — not many horses win their first race in a top-tier contest. The win now sits 13 months in the past, though, and the form since has been frustratingly inconsistent. In the last six runs, the horse has shown glimpses: two second-place finishes and a trio of third-place efforts, which tells you it is competitive and capable of running well against strong fields. But wins have dried up completely, and that's the puzzle here.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 win rate — one win from seven races, just over 14 percent — masks something worth understanding. This is a horse that knows how to hit the front when conditions align, yet struggles to repeat it. The most recent outing came just a day ago, finishing ninth, suggesting the yard is actively searching for the right race and the right circumstances to get back into the winner's enclosure. Mrs J. Harrington's Moone yard in County Kildare has been prolific this season with 53 winners, so there is no shortage of expertise in finding opportunities. For Just Keep Flying, the challenge now is whether that first-race Class 2 win was a genuine promise of things to come, or an outlier that the horse has since failed to build upon. With a horse capable of placing regularly at decent levels but winning only once, patience and smart race planning will be everything.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Sep
9th
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
12 Jun
3rd
Fairyhouse
1m6f – 2m · Good · 21 runners
1 Jun
6th
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Good · 19 runners
19 Nov
5th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 14 runners
12 Oct
3rd
Goodwood
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
3 Sep
2nd
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 5 runners
23 Aug
🏆 Won
Goodwood
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 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 |
|---|
| Goodwood Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
12 Oct |
50% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
19 Nov |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
12 Jun |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Sep |
0% |