At four years old, the horse is still relatively young and developing. Its overall record reads one win and two placed finishes from eleven races, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 11 outings, which is modest by any measure. The recent form figures — 9-6-10-8-1-4 — show something interesting though: the win arrived in the middle of a rough patch, sandwiched between some poor runs. That is the kind of inconsistency that keeps trainers and followers guessing, but it also suggests the ability is there when conditions fall right.
The Childe Of Hale tends to race at distances between seven furlongs and a mile, and that is where it has shown its best. At those trips, it has won one from four — a 25% win rate, or one in every four races — which is a dramatically better picture than its overall record suggests. For a horse that has struggled to put it all together, finding a distance that suits is often the first step to doing it more regularly.
Ivan Furtado, based in Wiseton in South Yorkshire, has trained 34 winners this season alone, so he clearly knows how to place a horse to its best advantage. Tom Eaves has ridden The Childe Of Hale five times and was in the saddle for that Doncaster win — together they have a 20% win rate, winning 1 in every 5 races as a partnership, which is a meaningful number and suggests Eaves has a feel for this horse.
With a race just one day ago, The Childe Of Hale is right in the thick of its season. Whether it can rediscover the form that produced that breakthrough win at Doncaster is the question — but there is enough here to suggest it is not a one-off.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock Park Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 25 Apr | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 17 Oct | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 23 Jul | 50% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 4 Nov | 0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 18 Sep | 0% |