Lieutenant Kije
Lieutenant Kije is a 3-year-old chasing his first career win after eight races without success. The numbers tell a stark story: four top-3 finishes but no victories, which means he has shown he can get close to winning but has not quite managed to get over the line yet. His recent form reads 9-2-3-5-6-2, and while that second-place finish two races ago was a sign he was in the mix, he has not finished in the top three in either of his last two races — a 9th and a 6th — so any momentum he might have built has stalled.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
A Spratt And Partners
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Tom Ward's Upper Lambourn yard has been in good form this season with 14 winners, but Lieutenant Kije represents the harder end of training a horse: the one who tries but cannot find the breakthrough. At this stage of his career, he needs to start converting those near-misses into actual wins, or questions will begin to be asked about whether he has the ability or temperament to do the job. He is still young enough to learn and improve, but every race without a victory makes the gap feel wider.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Oct
9th
Nottingham
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
24 Sep
2nd
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
3 Sep
3rd
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
12 Aug
5th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 10 runners
29 Oct
6th
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 10 runners
20 Aug
2nd
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 10 runners
16 Jul
3rd
Ffos Las
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
31 May
8th
York
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 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 |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
12 Aug |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 third |
24 Sep |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
31 May |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 Oct |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
16 Jul |
0% |