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Sujet

Sujet has not found the winner's enclosure in over a year, but the four-year-old still carries the hallmark of a horse that knows how to win when conditions align.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Age
4 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Frankel
Mother
Tendu
Owner
Steve Ryan
Official rating
84

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
17
Career races
2
Wins
11.8%
Win rate
avg ~10%
29.4%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
2 days
Since last race

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
TrackLab's detailed breakdown

The key to Sujet lies in very specific circumstances. On normal, standard ground, the horse has won 2 of 10 races—a 20% win rate that more than doubles its career average. It is even sharper over distances between one mile and one mile two furlongs, winning 2 of 8 races at that trip, a 25% win rate that suggests this is precisely where it belongs. The first win came at The Curragh in June 2025, but the real evidence of Sujet's ability arrived two months later at Killarney in August, also on ground that suited it. Since then, however, fourteen months have passed without another victory. Recent form has been thin—a second place in the last six runs, then mostly mid-field finishes—but the horse raced only a day ago and remains active, suggesting Declan Carroll's Malton yard has not given up on finding another winning opportunity.

Carroll has been shrewd with his yard this season, sending out 24 winners already. The trainer will know that Sujet's best chance lies in patient placement: a one-mile-plus race on normal ground, ideally at a track where the horse has proved itself before. The raw numbers are uninspiring, but they mask a horse with defined strengths. When Sujet gets the right set of circumstances, it has shown it can deliver.

⚡ Strengths and risks

What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 25% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
1M1F – 1M2F
Loves
1M3F – 1M4F
Unknown
7F – 1M
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight
Avoids

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
16 Oct
10th
Haydock Park
7f – 1m · Heavy · 10 runners
28 Sep
8th
Hamilton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 13 runners
12 Sep
9th
Chester
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 11 runners
22 Aug
19th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Soft · 22 runners
11 Jul
2nd
Chester
7f – 1m · Good · 9 runners
27 Jun
11th
York
7f – 1m · Good · 16 runners
13 Jun
15th
York
7f – 1m · Good · 22 runners
16 May
10th
Thirsk
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
6 May
2nd
Chester
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
16 Apr
7th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 18 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
25%
Win rate
1/4
Wins / rides
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Wins / rides
Zak Wheatley(3) Current jockey
0%
Win rate
0/3
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
York
Galloping
3 3 other 22 Aug 0%
Chester
Tight
3 2 seconds, 1 other 12 Sep 0%
Killarney
Sharp
2 1 win, 1 other 22 Aug 50%
The Curragh
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 third 29 Jun 50%
Haydock Park
Galloping
1 1 other 16 Oct 0%
Newmarket
Galloping
1 1 other 16 Apr 0%
Hamilton Park
Sharp
1 1 other 28 Sep 0%
Cork
Galloping
1 1 other 30 Sep 0%
Thirsk
Galloping
1 1 other 16 May 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
1 1 other 19 Oct 0%
Galway
Tight
1 1 other 30 Jul 0%