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Music Drive

There is something quietly impressive about a horse that keeps turning up and delivering at the level Music Drive has managed across 11 races. Three wins and seven places from those 11 outings translates to a win rate of 27 percent — roughly 1 in every 4 races — with only one truly blank result across the whole career. That kind of consistency is rarer than people realise.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
9 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Muhtathir
Mother
Acland Street
Owner
Tim & Ali Wheeler
Rating
133

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
11
Career races
3
Wins
27.3%
Win rate
avg ~10%
63.6%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
16 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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The nine-year-old got its first taste of victory at Naas back in February 2022, and has been a reliable performer ever since. The most significant result on the record, though, is the win at Cheltenham in May 2025. Cheltenham is not just any track — it is the spiritual home of jump racing, the place where reputations are made and where the crowd is the most knowledgeable in the sport. Winning there means something, regardless of the level of the race.

Recent form tells an interesting story. Reading the last six results from most recent backwards — 3, 1, 4, 9, 2, 3 — you can see a horse that dipped badly at one point (that ninth) but has bounced back strongly, finishing second and then winning before slipping to fourth most recently. That is a horse in decent fettle, not one that is fading. Last raced just 16 days ago, Music Drive is clearly being kept busy, which suggests the yard has it in good order right now.

Kelly Morgan trains out of Withcote in Leicestershire, and it has been a modest season for the yard in terms of winners so far — just the one this term. That makes Music Drive something of a standard-bearer for the team at the moment, and the Cheltenham win is exactly the kind of result a small yard points to when explaining what they are capable of.

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Good (firm-ish)
Good to soft
Good to yielding
Heavy (very wet)
Yielding
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Long Distance (2M+)
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 1
Class 2
Class 4
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Right-handed, tight

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Mar
3rd
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 24 runners
2 May
🏆 Won
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 5 runners
14 Mar
4th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 24 runners
28 Dec
9th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 29 runners
11 Nov
2nd
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
21 Oct
3rd
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
4 Oct
🏆 Won
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 9 runners
28 Apr
5th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
16 Mar
8th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 22 runners
27 Feb
🏆 Won
Naas
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 7 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Mr J J Codd
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
Davy Russell
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Miss Ellie Callwood
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Cheltenham
Galloping
6 1 win, 1 second, 2 thirds, 2 other 13 Mar 16.7%
Leopardstown
Galloping
2 1 second, 1 other 28 Dec 0%
Naas
Galloping
1 1 win 27 Feb 100%
Galway
Tight
1 1 win 4 Oct 100%
Punchestown
Galloping
1 1 other 28 Apr 0%