Star Artist
There is a lot of patience required to follow a horse like Star Artist. In 10 career races, this seven-year-old has managed just the one win — a moment that arrived at Exeter back in March 2025 — and three placed finishes alongside it. That works out to winning 1 in every 10 races overall, which is a modest return, though the story is slightly more encouraging at the class level where Star Artist tends to operate. In those Class 4 races — the solid, mid-tier contests that form the backbone of the British racing calendar — the record improves to 1 win from 5 attempts, meaning the horse wins roughly 1 in 5 at that level. That is a meaningful difference, and it suggests Star Artist is competing at roughly the right grade.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
The concern right now is the recent run of form. The last six races have produced no wins, and some of the results — finishing eighth and eleventh — point to days where things simply have not clicked. The best of those recent efforts are the fourth-place finishes either side of the slump, which at least show the ability is still there in glimpses. Star Artist raced just one day ago, so this is a horse very much in the thick of its season.
Hughie Morrison trains the yard out of East Ilsley in Berkshire, and it has been a productive season — 20 winners sent out, which shows this is a stable that knows how to get horses to the track in form. Morrison is a patient, experienced operator, and a horse like Star Artist, one that needs things to fall right, is the kind of project a yard like his tends to handle well. The question is whether another Exeter-style performance is waiting around the corner, or whether that March 2025 win will remain the solitary highlight of the career. With a horse that has now gone over 13 months since its last victory, the clock is ticking — but the fact it is still racing regularly suggests the team believes there is another winning day in it yet.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft 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
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Apr
4th
Lingfield Park
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 4 runners
25 Mar
5th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 8 runners
20 Feb
8th
Southwell
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 14 runners
16 Dec
11th
Wincanton
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 13 runners
24 Nov
4th
Kempton Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
23 Apr
3rd
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 7 runners
18 Mar
🏆 Won
Exeter
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 3 runners
15 Feb
5th
Wincanton
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 15 runners
3 Dec
3rd
Southwell
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
13 Mar
4th
Huntingdon
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
20 Feb |
0% |
| Wincanton Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
16 Dec |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
25 Mar |
0% |
| Exeter Undulating |
1 |
1 win |
18 Mar |
100% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Apr |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Mar |
0% |
| Ludlow Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
23 Apr |
0% |