Lope El Fuego
Lope El Fuego has won just once in eight career races—a breakthrough victory at Newbury back in July 2025—but the 3-year-old's form since that win tells a sobering story. The horse hasn't found the winner's enclosure again in the fifteen months that have passed, picking up a couple of placed finishes to show it still has some ability, but struggling to convert chances into victories. A win rate of just 1 in 8 across the career is a hard statistic to dress up, and the recent form of three eleventh-place finishes sandwiched between a couple of ninths and a third-place finish suggests the horse is not in the sort of form that threatens serious competition.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Jim And Claire Limited
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What's more interesting is the contrast between Lope El Fuego's record in top-level Class 4 races—where it has managed to win 1 of 3 starts (33%)—and its overall career record. That suggests the horse performs better when stepped up in class or against slightly weaker fields, or simply had a good day when conditions aligned at Newbury. Trained by Warren Greatrex at Upper Lambourn, a yard with fifty winners already this season, the horse remains active after a race just a day ago. Whether Greatrex believes there is still improvement to come, or whether Lope El Fuego will finally rediscover the form that produced that sole win, is now the question hanging over this quiet campaign.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_firm ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Sep
11th
Southwell
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
5 Sep
11th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · 11 runners
9 Jul
9th
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
25 May
9th
Leicester
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
15 Aug
10th
Newbury
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
23 Jul
3rd
Salisbury
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
3 Jul
🏆 Won
Newbury
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
14 Jun
5th
Bath
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 11 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 |
|---|
| Newbury Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
15 Aug |
50% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jul |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
14 Jun |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
25 May |
0% |