Riffa Spirit
Riffa Spirit won for the first time at Chelmsford on 14 August 2025, and hasn't crossed the line first since. That solitary victory came in a Class 5 race — the bottom rung of British racing — and in the thirteen months since, the three-year-old has managed just two places from nine races. The recent form tells a grim story: finished third last time out, but before that came four consecutive races without a place, with finishes of 8-7-8-10 stretching back through the summer.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Ray Flegg John Bousfield
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The numbers are unforgiving. Riffa Spirit has won just 1 of its 11 career races, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 11 attempts. When you strip away the gloss and look at what this horse does in its preferred racing grade, the picture brightens slightly — it wins roughly 1 in every 3 races at Class 5 level — but the wider pattern suggests a horse that struggles to compete consistently even at the lower end of the sport. Trained by Declan Carroll at Malton, Riffa Spirit is part of a yard that has been in decent form this season with 24 winners, but this particular inmate is dragging down the average. Still active and raced just a day ago, the horse remains a work in progress for its the yard, though time may be running out to find a consistent level.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Sep
10th
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
5 Aug
8th
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
25 Jul
DNF
Chester
5f – 6½f · Good · 12 runners
16 Jun
7th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
25 May
8th
Redcar
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
29 Apr
3rd
Musselburgh
5f – 6½f · Good · 7 runners
11 Apr
4th
Southwell
Sprint (< 5f) · Standard · 7 runners
23 Sep
8th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
30 Aug
DNF
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 9 runners
14 Aug
🏆 Won
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 8 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 |
|---|
| chelmsford |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
30 Aug |
50% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
14 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Jul |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 other |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Apr |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 May |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
5 Aug |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
29 Apr |
0% |