Shirakawa
Four races, four finishes outside the top three, and a recent sequence of 7th, 4th, 7th, and 12th — Shirakawa is a three-year-old still searching for a moment to build on. That solitary fourth place is the closest this horse has come to troubling the judge, and even that came sandwiched between a pair of seventh-place finishes and a 12th that represents the low point of the campaign so far. It is early days for a horse this age, but the results so far have not given much to shout about.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Steve Ashley & J L Rowsell
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
0%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What works in Shirakawa's favour is the stable. Eve Johnson Houghton's yard at Blewbury in Oxfordshire has been in fine form this season, sending out 42 winners — a genuinely productive campaign that shows this is an operation that knows how to get a horse ready to win. A trainer firing at that rate tends to know when a horse has ability worth nurturing, which means Shirakawa's continued presence in the yard counts for something, even if the racecourse evidence is thin. The horse raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping busy and looking for the right opportunity to unlock something better.
At three years old, there is still time. Plenty of horses take a while to find their feet, and a trainer with 42 winners on the board this season is not short of patience or skill. But Shirakawa will need to find a gear it has not shown yet.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
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
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
6 May |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 May |
0% |