Try Storm Cat
Try Storm Cat broke through for a first win at Pontefract back in June 2025, but has spent the last 16 months chasing that feeling without success. The three-year-old, trained by
Jessica Macey at Doncaster, has finished in the top 3 a total of four times across 11 races, giving it a win rate of just 1 in 11. That sole victory came in a Class 4 race over 5 furlongs — the kind of distance where the horse shows most promise, winning at a 17% rate (1 from 6) compared to its overall average.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
New Vision Bloodstock
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Recent form tells a story of a horse searching for consistent form. In the last six races, Try Storm Cat's finishes have been all over the place: 12th, 4th, 18th, 8th, 11th, and 6th. That 4th place came closest to a top-3 finish, but it is a long way from the winner's enclosure. Raced just yesterday, the horse remains active and ready to run, though the gap since its last victory suggests it may be running at the limit of its ability. The Macey yard continues to produce winners — 13 this season — so the training is solid, but Try Storm Cat has simply not delivered the consistency needed to build on that breakthrough win.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_firm ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 5f – 6½f distances: 17% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
12th
Leicester
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 18 runners
12 Jun
4th
Chester
5f – 6½f · Soft · 8 runners
23 May
18th
York
7f – 1m · Good · 22 runners
2 May
8th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
14 Apr
11th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
29 Jan
6th
Lingfield Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 6 runners
14 Jan
2nd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 4 runners
1 Aug
10th
Goodwood
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
30 Jun
🏆 Won
Pontefract
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
11 Jun
2nd
Hamilton Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 6 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
30 Jun |
50% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
2 May |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Jan |
0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Aug |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
14 Jan |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
23 May |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 other |
12 Jun |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
13 Oct |
0% |