Spirit Mixer
Spirit Mixer is a genuine course specialist, particularly at Chester where the tight, turning track plays to its strengths. The eight-year-old has won four of nine races at the Cheshire course — a win rate that marks it out as genuinely effective there. Its most recent win came at Chester in September 2025, a Class 2 victory that showed the horse can still compete at a decent level, though it has been quiet since, with nothing to show from its last six runs.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Over longer distances, Spirit Mixer is more reliable. Asked to race between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, the horse has won six of eighteen races — a one-in-three record that is significantly better than its overall form. This suggests the horse needs both the right trip and the right track to show its best. When both factors align, as they have at Chester, it becomes a threat.
The horse has been trained by Andrew Balding at Kingsclere throughout its career, including during that maiden win at Salisbury in 2022. More recently, it has benefited from rides by Rob Hornby, who has partnered Spirit Mixer on nine occasions and boasts a four-win record together — a 44% win rate that is notably higher than the horse's overall 20% win rate. That pairing has clearly clicked. Spirit Mixer is at an age where improvement is unlikely, but its record at Chester and over staying distances shows what it remains capable of when circumstances suit.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Course specialist at Chester: 4 wins from 9 starts (44%)
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 33% win rate
✔ Effective partnership with Rob Hornby: 44% win rate together
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Newmarket in 5 attempts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Loves
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Likes
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
24 Sep
7th
Newmarket
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
12 Sep
6th
Chester
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 12 runners
8 Aug
10th
Ascot
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
27 Jun
19th
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard_To_Slow · 20 runners
8 May
10th
Chester
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
28 Mar
3rd
Kempton Park
1m6f – 2m · Standard_To_Slow · 9 runners
25 Sep
4th
Newmarket
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
13 Sep
🏆 Won
Chester
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
20 Aug
7th
York
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Firm · 13 runners
9 Aug
5th
Ascot
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 10 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 |
|---|
| Chester Tight |
9 |
4 wins, 5 other |
12 Sep |
44.4% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
5 |
5 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 1 second, 2 other |
27 Jun |
25% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
8 Jun |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
8 Aug |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
1 May |
50% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
28 Mar |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
11 Apr |
0% |
| York Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 win |
19 May |
100% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
8 Apr |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
24 Sep |
0% |