Tough Date
Six races, zero wins, and a name that feels increasingly apt — Tough Date has found life on the track a difficult business so far. The three-year-old has yet to visit the winner's enclosure, picking up just two places from its half-dozen outings, and that recent form line of 7-10-7-2-3-6 tells a story of inconsistency. The pair of placed finishes — a second and a third — show there is some ability lurking here, but converting that into a win has proved elusive.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
The Wilsley Partnership
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
33.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What is encouraging is that Tough Date raced just yesterday, so this is a horse very much in the thick of things. Trainers do not keep running horses that have no future, and Jack Channon's West Ilsley yard is clearly willing to keep searching for the right opportunity. With 46 winners already on the board this season, Channon is a trainer in good form — his team knows how to find a race that suits, and the hope will be that they can do the same for Tough Date before long.
The honest assessment is that zero wins from six races is a tough record to dress up. But the placed efforts show this horse is not hopelessly out of its depth, just waiting for things to click. Racing has plenty of examples of horses that took time to find their feet before everything fell into place. Whether Tough Date becomes one of those stories is the question still to be answered.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
23 May
7th
Salisbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
15 May
10th
Newbury
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 16 runners
4 May
7th
Windsor
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
17 Apr
2nd
Bath
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 7 runners
21 Mar
3rd
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 runners
12 Mar
6th
chelmsford
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 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 |
|---|
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 May |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
12 Mar |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
17 Apr |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
23 May |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
4 May |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
21 Mar |
0% |