Versatile
Versatile spent sixteen months chasing a repeat of its breakthrough moment. The horse broke through with a win at Bath on 14 May 2025, and has been trying to find the winner's circle ever since—a single victory across 33 career races tells the story of a horse that has found life in racing genuinely difficult. At five years old, with just one win to its name, Versatile operates well below the standard of the top tier, winning roughly once every 33 starts.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse does have a narrow sweet spot. Over distances between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs, Versatile shows something closer to form, winning once in every fourteen tries at those lengths—still modest, but noticeably better than its bare 3 per cent win rate overall. Recent runs have seen the horse finish third, fourth, and ninth across its last six outings, suggesting it remains in the mix most days but rarely threatens to win. Trained by James Owen at Newmarket, a yard that has sent out 205 winners this season, Versatile races primarily in Class 5 company, where it has failed to win in eight attempts. The horse is currently active and raced just a day ago, still campaigning at an age and level where most similar horses would have been retired to other purposes.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 7% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 12 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 10 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 9 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Sep
3rd
Stratford-on-Avon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
27 Aug
DNF
Lingfield Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 14 runners
20 Aug
4th
Stratford-on-Avon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
24 Jul
9th
Uttoxeter
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
1 Jul
4th
Worcester
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
9 Jun
3rd
Southwell
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
19 May
4th
Huntingdon
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
9 May
DNF
Leicester
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
19 Apr
3rd
Plumpton
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
10 Apr
6th
Wolverhampton
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 12 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 |
|---|
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
4 |
4 other |
27 Aug |
0% |
| chelmsford |
3 |
3 other |
12 Mar |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
9 Jun |
0% |
| Bath Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
14 Jun |
50% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
10 Apr |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
29 Sep |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
7 Apr |
0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jun |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
24 Jul |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Aug |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 Jul |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jul |
0% |
| Plumpton Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
19 Apr |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |