Pebble Dash
Pebble Dash has won just once in 22 races, but that victory came this week at Ffos Las, giving the four-year-old something to build on after months of trying. The horse has picked up four places alongside that single win, suggesting it can run competitively even when the bigger prizes elude it.
Bernard Llewellyn's yard at Fochriw, in Mid Glamorgan, has sent out 12 winners already this season, so there is experience and form in the stable.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Dave Maddocks And Partner
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🏁 Next race
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Bath
About 1 mile · Unknown · 14 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse runs best over a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs — distances where it has won one of ten races, roughly double its overall win rate. Recent form shows mixed results: a third place six days ago followed by seventh and eighth finishes in the races before that, with another third place earlier in the sequence. These middling efforts suggest Pebble Dash is searching for consistency, though the fresh win should provide some encouragement. At the top levels of racing it competes in — Class 6 events — the horse has yet to trouble the judge, winning none of its seven attempts at that grade. Given that it claimed its breakthrough victory just days ago, Llewellyn will be hoping the breakthrough can be the start of something better for a horse that has had to be patient.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 10% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 10 starts
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Newcastle in 9 attempts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
27 Sep
🏆 Won
Ffos Las
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
21 Sep
3rd
Ffos Las
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
28 Aug
8th
Ffos Las
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
25 Jul
3rd
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · 12 runners
19 Jul
7th
Redcar
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
20 Jun
6th
Ayr
7f – 1m · Soft · 12 runners
10 Jun
4th
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
6 Jun
4th
Musselburgh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
21 May
4th
Musselburgh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 7 runners
20 Apr
13th
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 14 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 |
|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
9 |
1 second, 1 third, 7 other |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 third, 1 other |
27 Sep |
33.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
6 Jun |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
7 Jun |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jan |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jun |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 Jul |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jul |
0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jun |
0% |