Push The Limit
Push The Limit has been a reliable middle-distance performer, turning in consistent top-3 finishes without breaking through to win very often. The 4-year-old has now won twice from seven races — a 29% win rate that sounds decent until you see the detail. Both victories came more than a year ago, the most recent at Goodwood on 1 August 2025, and since then the horse has finished outside the top 3 in each of its last three races. That's a drying-up of form that suggests the winning days may be behind it, or that it has plateaued at a level where top-3 finishes are the best it can manage.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Coates-Smith Racing Lp
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What's interesting is the partnership with Hector Crouch. When they team up, things improve noticeably: two wins from five races together gives them a 40% win rate, nearly double the career average. Crouch rode Push The Limit to both of its wins, first at Kempton Park on 14 October 2024 and then at Goodwood nine months later. The connection works, and the horse clearly runs better for this rider. Trainer Dan Skelton, who runs a prolific Warwickshire yard that has already sent out 198 winners this season, has the tools to keep Push The Limit competitive, but the recent pattern suggests the horse is suited more to the mid-tier races where a podium finish is a decent day's work. The horse raced as recently as yesterday, so it remains active, but it will need to rediscover the form of 2024 to win again.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Effective partnership with Hector Crouch: 40% win rate together
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Likes
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Oct
3rd
1
Carlisle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
3 Oct
5th
Ascot
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
6 Sep
2nd
Ascot
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 7 runners
1 Aug
🏆 Won
Goodwood
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
29 May
2nd
Carlisle
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
16 Apr
2nd
Newmarket
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 9 runners
14 Oct
🏆 Won
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 9 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 |
|---|
| Ascot Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
2 |
1 second, 1 third |
22 Oct |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 win |
1 Aug |
100% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
14 Oct |
100% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
16 Apr |
0% |