Sturlasson

The headline stat is the sprint record. Over the shortest distances on a racecourse, less than five furlongs, Sturlasson has won 2 from just 4 races. That is a 50% win rate over the trip, which is genuinely striking — winning half your races at any distance is the kind of number that gets people paying attention. Most horses that operate at that level are doing so in far more competitive company. Sturlasson's bread and butter tends to be Class 4 races, a solid mid-tier level, where the win rate drops to just 1 from 6. But step up in class, and something clicks.

That something clicked most recently at Southwell on 21 November 2025, where Sturlasson won a Class 2 race — one of the better-quality contests in British racing. Southwell is an all-weather track in Nottinghamshire, and it has become something of a home patch: 2 wins from 4 races there, a 50% record that suggests the track suits this horse down to the ground. Some horses just take to a particular surface or shape of track, and Southwell appears to bring out the best in Sturlasson.

The partnership with jockey Stevie Donohoe is worth noting too. In 6 races together, they have won 2 — that is 1 in every 3, or 33%, which is well above the horse's overall average. When Donohoe is in the saddle, things tend to go better. Trainer John Ryan, operating out of Newmarket, has sent out 11 winners already this season, so the yard is in decent form, and Sturlasson's Class 2 win in November represents one of its better results.

The recent form reads 4-9-2-5-4-1, with that winning run at the end of it. The horse raced just one day ago, so it is very much in the middle of a campaign. Whether it can build on that Southwell win and kick on at the higher level is the interesting question. The sprint record and the course record suggest the potential is there.