Shirakawa
Shirakawa is a three-year-old with a knack for picking out the right moments to strike. The horse has won 2 of its last 6 races and has taken 2 wins and 3 places from 9 starts overall, a record that sits just above the break-even point. What makes this horse genuinely interesting is not the raw numbers but the pattern behind them: when Shirakawa runs over its favoured distance of just over a mile to a mile and a quarter, it wins roughly one in every three races. Over shorter or longer trips, that win rate drops away.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Steve Ashley J L Rowsell
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse first broke through at Bath in early June 2026, then added a second win at Salisbury two months ago. Since then, Shirakawa has run four times without finding the winner's circle again, though it has placed in two of those outings — not the form of a horse in free fall, but not of one building momentum either. The most recent outing, just a day ago, was a seventh-place finish, a real dud after back-to-back placings beforehand. Still, Shirakawa remains active and clearly has ability at the right track and trip.
Eve Johnson Houghton's yard at Blewbury, in Oxfordshire, is performing well this season with 42 winners already on the board. That level of operation and consistency suggests Shirakawa will get every chance to work out whether it can string together another winning run. The foundation is there — when the horse gets the conditions it likes, it delivers.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_firm ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 33% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
10 Sep
4th
Epsom Downs
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 17 runners
10 Aug
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · 10 runners
23 Jul
2nd
Sandown Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 7 runners
11 Jul
🏆 Won
Salisbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 5 runners
5 Jun
🏆 Won
Bath
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 14 runners
23 May
7th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 16 runners
6 May
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 8 runners
30 Mar
7th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 9 runners
14 Jan
12th
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 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 |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
10 Aug |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 win |
5 Jun |
100% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 win |
11 Jul |
100% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 May |
0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
10 Sep |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
23 Jul |
0% |