Potomac River
Potomac River is a 4-year-old who has found racing tougher than many the yard hope for. After nine outings, the horse remains winless with five places to its name — a record that suggests it competes regularly but rarely gets over the line first. Trained by T. J. Kent at Newmarket, Potomac River has been running hard lately, with two strong second-place finishes in the last six races, most recently just a day ago. That kind of near-miss form — finishing second and third in recent weeks — shows the horse still has competitive races in it, even if a breakthrough victory hasn't arrived yet.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The real story here is whether Potomac River can finally break through. A horse with five places across nine races is knocking on the door, and the yard knows how to get winners across the line; Kent has already sent out twelve victors this season. Whether Potomac River will be the next one depends partly on finding the right race and partly on the horse clicking when it counts. For now, it remains a consistent but frustrating runner — the kind that keeps trying, keeps coming close, but hasn't quite made its mark.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
9 Oct
2nd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 11 runners
24 Sep
12th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 13 runners
9 Sep
2nd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · 14 runners
20 Aug
3rd
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
7 Aug
4th
Haydock Park
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
19 Jun
DNF
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
13 May
6th
Great Yarmouth
7f – 1m · Good · 9 runners
19 Sep
3rd
Newcastle
7f – 1m · Standard · 6 runners
16 Aug
2nd
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
30 Jul
5th
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good · 13 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 |
|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 seconds |
9 Oct |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
7 Aug |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jul |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 May |
0% |