The Strikin Viking
The Strikin Viking is a horse chasing consistency. At four years old, it has won just once in ten races—a victory at York back in June 2024 that now feels like ancient history, nearly two years ago. Since that lone success, the horse has recorded four places from six attempts but has not found the winner's circle again, which tells you something important: The Strikin Viking can run a respectable race on most days, but converting that form into victories is proving difficult.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
40%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Recent runs paint a picture of a solid middle-of-the-pack performer. Finishing ninth, sixth, tenth, third, thirteenth, and seventh in its last six outings shows a horse capable of occasional good days—that third place stands out—but ultimately struggling to piece together the kind of sequence that suggests it is on an upward curve. Hamad Al Jehani's Newmarket yard, which has sent out 18 winners this season, has not yet found the right race or conditions to spark The Strikin Viking back into the winner's circle. James Doyle has ridden the horse five times without success, and at Class 1 level—one of the toughest grades in British racing—The Strikin Viking is 0 from 4, suggesting it may be more suited to slightly easier company. With the horse still active and racing just yesterday, there is time yet for that second win to arrive, but it will need a change of fortune or a drop in class to make it happen.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
2 Aug
9th
Chester
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
7 Jul
6th
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Good · 6 runners
30 Jan
10th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
3 Aug
3rd
Chester
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
10 Jul
13th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 18 runners
11 Oct
7th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
23 Aug
9th
York
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
1 Aug
2nd
Goodwood
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
30 Jun
2nd
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 7 runners
15 Jun
🏆 Won
York
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| York Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
23 Aug |
50% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
10 Jul |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
2 Aug |
0% |
| meydan |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jan |
0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
7 Jul |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
1 Aug |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
30 Jun |
0% |