Wise Crack
Eight races, zero wins, and one solitary place — Wise Crack is the kind of horse that keeps testing your patience. The three-year-old has finished in the top three just once across its career, a third-place finish that stands alone as its sole moment of reward. That recent sequence of 8-6-5-10-8-3 tells a familiar story: competitive enough to be entered, rarely competitive enough to trouble the front of the field.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
12.5%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes this interesting is the context. Wise Crack is trained by Mrs R Carr at Stillington in North Yorkshire, and this is a yard in fine form — 56 winners sent out already this season, which is a serious total for a regional operation. That means the horse isn't suffering from lack of expertise or preparation. When a strong yard keeps running a horse and it keeps finishing mid-pack, it usually means they believe there's a race to be won somewhere, on the right day, in the right conditions. Whether Wise Crack ever finds that day remains the question.
Raced just yesterday, the horse is clearly being kept busy. At three years old, there is still time to find a breakthrough — plenty of horses take a while to work things out — but right now, eight races without a win is a straightforward record that needs improving before Wise Crack becomes anyone's idea of a reliable bet.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
25 Jun
8th
Newcastle
7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow · 14 runners
5 Jun
6th
Musselburgh
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
16 May
5th
Doncaster
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
16 Apr
10th
Ripon
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
16 Sep
8th
Great Yarmouth
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
4 Sep
3rd
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 11 runners
8 Aug
7th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
3 Jul
6th
Great Yarmouth
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 6 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 |
|---|
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
16 Sep |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Aug |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 May |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
4 Sep |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 Jun |
0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 Apr |
0% |