Ottawa
Ottawa is a 4-year-old that has spent most of its racing life searching for a second win — and that hunt has now stretched to nine months. The horse has run 17 times in its career, winning just once and placing in five others, which works out to winning roughly 1 in every 17 races. That single victory came at Southwell on 18 December 2025, and nothing has come close to that since. Over its last six outings, Ottawa has posted a run of 5-4–-10-5-6: a string of results that tells you this is a horse operating at the lower end of the racing ladder, scrapping hard but rarely finishing in the money.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Mrs Jean Stapleton, Foulrice Park Racing
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Where Ottawa has found most success is in the bottom rung of racing — Class 6 contests, where it has won 1 of its 7 races, a much healthier win rate of roughly 1 in 7. That's where it belongs, and where the best chances will come. Trained by Liam Bailey at Middleham in North Yorkshire, a yard that has sent out 17 winners already this season, Ottawa is being given racing opportunities and a fair shot. The horse raced just yesterday, so it is actively campaigned and will get another chance soon enough. For a horse at this level, consistency matters more than flash, and Ottawa at least keeps turning up — it simply needs to find a day when the stars align the way they did that December afternoon at Southwell.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 9 starts (11%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Sep
5th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Soft · 9 runners
8 Sep
4th
Catterick Bridge
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
20 Aug
DNF
Newcastle
5f – 6½f · Standard · 14 runners
6 Aug
10th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
14 Feb
5th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 7 runners
26 Jan
6th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
13 Jan
8th
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
18 Dec
🏆 Won
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
30 Oct
6th
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 6 runners
15 Oct
7th
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 12 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 |
|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 1 third, 2 other |
6 Aug |
25% |
| chelmsford |
2 |
2 other |
30 Oct |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
26 Jan |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
15 Oct |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
15 Sep |
0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
8 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Aug |
0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Feb |
0% |