Leo Phelps

Leo Phelps burst onto the track at Nottingham just this week with the kind of start every trainer dreams of: a debut victory. The 2-year-old, trained by Owen Burrows at his Lambourn yard, has won its only race so far — a perfect 1-for-1 record. For a horse this young and this new to racing, that is genuinely rare. Most young horses need time to learn the ropes, to understand what racing is about, to handle the noise and the crowd and the sheer strangeness of galloping flat out with a jockey on their back. Leo Phelps did none of that figuring out. It just went out and won.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Age
2 years old
Sex
Colt
Colour
Bay
Father
Zarak
Mother
Marie Celeste
Owner
Valmont

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
1
Career races
1
Wins
100%
Win rate
avg ~10%
100%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
17 days
Since last race

🔍 Full analysis

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

Burrows, who has already sent out 32 winners from his Lambourn operation this season, clearly had faith in this horse — and that faith looks well placed. Whether Leo Phelps will go on to become something special remains to be seen; debut winners sometimes light the world on fire, and sometimes they are simply flash in the pan. But right now, fresh from last week's success, the horse is at least pointed in the right direction.

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
1M1F – 1M2F
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Oct
🏆 Won
Nottingham
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 7 runners

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
Nottingham
Galloping
1 1 win 28 Oct 100%