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The Jad Factor

There's something quietly impressive about a horse that has been around the block enough times to know exactly where it likes to perform. The Jad Factor is a 10-year-old with 21 races under its belt, four wins and nine places to its name — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 5 races (19%) — and a very clear sense of where it feels at home. That place is Newcastle, where it has won 2 of just 4 races, a remarkable return that suggests the track genuinely suits it. For context, most horses will win far less than half their races at any single venue over a career; winning half your visits somewhere is the kind of record that makes trainers keep coming back.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
10 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Arcadio
Mother
Sumability
Owner
John Dickson
Rating
93

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
22
Career races
4
Wins
18.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
40.9%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
3 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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Sandy Thomson, based at Lambden in the Scottish Borders, has had a productive season — 17 winners sent out so far — and The Jad Factor is part of that story. Thomson's most regular jockey on this horse is Ryan Mania, who has partnered it 11 times and won twice together, a win rate of around 1 in every 6 rides (18%). That's a solid working relationship built over time, and those two wins include the horse's very first career victory at Newcastle back in March 2022.

The Jad Factor tends to compete at what are broadly the middle-to-lower levels of the sport, and it is at its best there — winning 4 of 15 races at that level, which works out at 27%, or roughly 1 in every 4 races. That is a genuinely good conversion rate and tells you this is a horse competing at a level where it can be competitive rather than simply making up numbers.

What makes the current picture particularly interesting is recent form. After a quiet patch earlier in the season, The Jad Factor won back-to-back races, including a win at Wetherby in December 2025. It has since had one run without troubling the scorer, but it raced just 15 days ago, so it is fit and active. Two wins from its last six races is exactly the kind of momentum that keeps a yard enthusiastic about a ten-year-old — an age when many horses have long since retired. The Jad Factor, it seems, still has things to say.

Strengths & Risks AI Analysis

What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
Yet to win at Ayr in 6 attempts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft
Soft (muddy)
Good (firm-ish)
Heavy (very wet)
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2
Class 4
Avoids
Class 5
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Left-handed, undulating
Ok
Right-handed, undulating
Right-handed, wide and galloping

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
2 Apr
DNF
Kelso
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
14 Mar
DNF
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
15 Jan
4th
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
11 Jan
DNF
Kelso
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 18 runners
6 Dec
🏆 Won
Wetherby
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 10 runners
22 Apr
🏆 Won
Kelso
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
23 Mar
DNF
Carlisle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
11 Feb
DNF
Ayr
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 14 runners
16 Jan
🏆 Won
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
7 Dec
4th
Wetherby
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 10 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
18.2%
Win rate
2/11
Won / Rode
Patrick Wadge Current Jockey
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
William Shanahan
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Kelso
Undulating
6 1 win, 2 seconds, 3 other 2 Apr 16.7%
Ayr
Galloping
6 1 second, 1 third, 4 other 11 Feb 0%
Newcastle
Galloping
4 2 wins, 2 other 14 Mar 50%
Wetherby
Galloping
3 1 win, 1 third, 1 other 6 Dec 33.3%
Perth
Galloping
1 1 other 22 Apr 0%
Carlisle
Undulating
1 1 other 23 Mar 0%
Hexham
Undulating
1 1 other 16 Mar 0%