Versatile
Versatile broke through for a maiden win at Bath back in May 2025, nearly 16 months ago now, and has been chasing that feeling ever since without finding it. In 32 career races, the five-year-old has managed just that single victory and five other places — a record that tells you this is a horse operating at the outer edges of the racing pyramid, competing in the lowest-tier races where winning is genuinely hard because the field is so competitive and unpredictable. The win rate sits at 3 percent, which means you'd expect to see Versatile in the winner's circle roughly once every 33 attempts.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
15.6%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What's notable is that Versatile showed some promise over distances between one mile three furlongs and one mile four furlongs — exactly that sort of middle distance where some horses find their rhythm. Over those trips, the record reads 1 win from 14 races, a 7 percent win rate, which is markedly better than the overall picture. But even that hasn't translated into consistency. Recently, things have been tougher: across the last six races, Versatile has finished fourth or lower each time, with a pair of fourth-place efforts and some nines and threes mixed in. James Owen's Newmarket yard has had a strong season with 205 winners, but Versatile remains a work in progress within that operation.
The horse raced just a day ago and remains active on the circuit. Whether Versatile can rediscover the form that brought that breakthrough win is the question hanging over this tough little competitor.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ 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 11 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 7 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Competition 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
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
31 Mar
6th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 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 |
|---|
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
4 |
4 other |
27 Aug |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
9 Jun |
0% |
| chelmsford |
3 |
3 other |
12 Mar |
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% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Huntingdon Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 May |
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% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |
| Plumpton Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
19 Apr |
0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jul |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Sep |
0% |