Next Best
Next Best is a 2-year-old making their first racecourse appearance, so everything about them remains unknown. They are by New Bay, a horse who excelled at middle distances, out of a mare by New Approach — a sire who has produced some genuinely talented runners. The pedigree suggests a horse bred to run over a decent trip, which matters because pedigree is often the only real clue we have before a young horse steps onto a track for the first time.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
M H Dixon J L Rowsell
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse is in the hands of Eve Johnson Houghton at her yard near Blewbury in Oxfordshire. Johnson Houghton has had a strong season, with 42 winners already, which suggests she knows how to prepare horses to win. Whether Next Best has the natural ability to make her tally 43 is the question nobody can answer yet — not until they run. That is the beauty and the frustration of debuts. You can look at the breeding, you can look at the trainer, but ultimately a young horse either has it or they do not, and the only way to find out is to let them loose on a racecourse and see what happens.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 Sep
3rd
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
29 Sep |
0% |