Mandarin Spirit
Mandarin Spirit is a 3-year-old with one win from nine races, but the headline figures don't tell the full story. The horse broke through at Thirsk back in July 2025 and has been chasing that feeling ever since, though the form over the past half-year has been frustratingly inconsistent. Recent runs read 6-5-4-4-9-6, which is the kind of sequence that suggests genuine ability — two top-4 finishes sandwiched between races where things simply didn't click. It is now 15 months since that sole career success, a gap that speaks to how hard it is to win races even when you have talent.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The numbers do brighten slightly when you narrow the focus. Over distances between seven furlongs and a mile, Mandarin Spirit wins one in every four races — a 25 per cent win rate that towers above its overall 11 per cent record. This suggests the horse has a clear preference for that trip length, and it is in races of that distance where the most recent encouraging form shows up. Kevin Ryan's Hambleton yard has trained 45 winners already this season, so Mandarin Spirit is operating within a set-up that knows how to get horses to the front. The horse raced only a day ago, meaning it remains active and in the mix for upcoming opportunities. If the the yard can find a race at the right distance on a day when everything aligns, there is a legitimate chance Mandarin Spirit could get back to the winner's enclosure.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 25% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
17 Oct
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 8 runners
17 Sep
5th
Ayr
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 13 runners
8 Aug
4th
Haydock Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 6 runners
14 Jul
4th
Beverley
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 4 runners
31 May
9th
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 12 runners
4 May
6th
Beverley
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
26 Sep
8th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
25 Jul
🏆 Won
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 8 runners
17 Jun
2nd
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · 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 |
|---|
| Thirsk Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 other |
31 May |
33.3% |
| Beverley Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
14 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Aug |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Sep |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Oct |
0% |