Sharp Move
Sharp Move is a 4-year-old with the kind of record that keeps a trainer patient. The horse has won once in six races, with two other placings, which means it picks up prize money roughly once every three outings. That win came at Newcastle in November 2025, and the good news is that Sharp Move has found a distance that suits it: over the longer ground between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs, it wins about one race in three. The bad news is that a ten-month gap since that victory tells you everything about the struggle to get back into the winner's circle.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
William Haggas trains Sharp Move at his Newmarket yard, which has had a productive season with 170 winners, but Sharp Move itself remains a modest earner in that operation. Recent form has been unremarkable—a third place just over a week ago was the brightest moment in its last six races, with three eighth-place finishes in that run. The horse is still racing, which suggests the trainer sees potential, and the preference for longer distances is a genuine edge to build on. Getting Sharp Move back to that Newcastle form, and that 1m3f to 1m4f sweet spot, is the next target.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
26 Sep
3rd
Haydock Park
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 10 runners
3 Sep
7th
Haydock Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 14 runners
28 Aug
8th
Sandown Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 9 runners
27 Jul
8th
Southwell
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 14 runners
20 Nov
🏆 Won
Newcastle
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 10 runners
29 May
4th
Great Yarmouth
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 5 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 |
|---|
| Haydock Park Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
20 Nov |
100% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Jul |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Aug |
0% |