Lone Piper
Lone Piper is a five-year-old who has finally found his footing at the races, though it took him a while to get there. Over eleven career starts, he has won just once—at Windsor back in September 2024—and picked up three placings to show for his efforts. That single victory came twenty-five months ago, which means he has been chasing another win ever since, with mixed results in his recent outings: he finished fifth and sixth in two of his last three races, though he did grab a place just yesterday, suggesting he still has some competitive edge left in him.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
Jack Mitchell has ridden him more often than anyone else and has had notable success in the saddle—winning one of their five races together, a rate of 1 in 5, which is noticeably better than Lone Piper's overall record. That suggests the partnership clicks when conditions align. The horse runs for Phillip Makin's Easingwold yard in Yorkshire, a stable that has sent out nine winners this season and clearly knows how to prepare a runner. Lone Piper seems to perform best when the trip stretches to between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs—that distance has brought him his sole win and four finishes from five attempts there. He competes mostly at Class 5 level, the bread and butter of grass-roots racing, where he has won 1 of 6 races. With a runner still active and a yard in decent form, Lone Piper remains a horse worth watching in his modest sphere, even if the wins remain frustratingly rare.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Oct
8th
Musselburgh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
8 Sep
7th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 12 runners
10 Jul
7th
Doncaster
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 10 runners
6 Jun
5th
Thirsk
1m6f – 2m · Good · 6 runners
12 Apr
6th
Newbury
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 16 runners
16 Sep
🏆 Won
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
26 Jul
6th
Sandown Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 7 runners
4 Jul
2nd
Great Yarmouth
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 7 runners
21 May
3rd
Nottingham
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 9 runners
27 Apr
7th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 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 |
|---|
| Windsor Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
8 Sep |
50% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
6 Jun |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Apr |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
4 Jul |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Apr |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
21 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Jul |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Apr |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 Oct |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jul |
0% |