Master Dandy
Master Dandy is a 6-year-old who sits somewhere between promise and puzzle. The horse has raced 36 times and won just 4, a win rate of roughly 1 in 9, with another 13 places suggesting it finishes in the frame often enough but struggles to get its head in front. The real story is where those wins came from. In Class 6 races—the lower rungs of the sport—Master Dandy has genuinely flourished, winning 3 of its 16 attempts there (just under 1 in 5). That kind of win rate in that company is meaningful. Yet the horse has been on a drought for eight months, with its last victory coming at Chelmsford on 29 January 2026. Since then, six consecutive races have brought nothing but placings and failures, most recently a fourth, sixth, and fifth from its last three outings.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Simonell Racing Club
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The details of those recent runs tell the tale of a horse that is not quite finding its way. A 16th-place finish sits among them—a real stinker—suggesting there are days when Master Dandy simply does not show up. Trainer Daisy Hitchins, based at Sherborne in Dorset, has a yard firing on all cylinders with 14 winners this season, but this one appears stuck in neutral. Darragh Keenan has partnered the horse five times without a win, which hints that finding the right ride or tactics might matter. Master Dandy raced just a day ago, so it remains an active part of the yard's plans, but the form is going backwards. This is a horse that has found corners where it can win—Class 6 is its level—but cannot string together any kind of run at the moment. Whether that is a temporary blip or something deeper is impossible to say from the record alone.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Sep
4th
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · 12 runners
1 Sep
6th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 9 runners
21 Jul
5th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
28 Jun
3rd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
16 May
16th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 17 runners
27 Apr
7th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
11 Mar
8th
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 8 runners
29 Jan
🏆 Won
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
26 Jan
2nd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
19 Jan
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · 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 |
|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
9 |
1 win, 3 seconds, 1 third, 4 other |
1 Sep |
11.1% |
| chelmsford |
6 |
1 win, 5 other |
29 Jan |
16.7% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
6 |
1 win, 1 second, 4 other |
27 Oct |
16.7% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
5 |
1 win, 1 third, 3 other |
11 Mar |
20% |
| Southwell Galloping |
4 |
2 seconds, 1 third, 1 other |
12 Feb |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
14 Sep |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Jun |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 May |
0% |