Zooella
Zooella is a three-year-old with the kind of form that keeps trainers hopeful and punters second-guessing themselves. Across eight races, the horse has won twice and finished in the money five times — a win rate of roughly one in every four races, which is respectable, though the recent trend is less encouraging. After winning at Lingfield Park on 13 July and then again at Thirsk just eleven days later on 24 July, Zooella has not been in the winner's enclosure for two months. The last six runs tell the story: a fifth, an eighteenth, a win, another win, a fourth, and a third most recently, just a day ago. It is a lumpy record — flashes of ability mixed with runs that suggest the horse is struggling to find its rhythm.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
What stands out, though, is the gap between what Zooella can do and what it is asked to do. At the top level — Class 5 races, where the best horses at its grade compete — it has never won from four attempts. Drop down the field, though, and the horse shows promise. Ralph Beckett's yard at Kimpton in Hampshire is a successful operation, having sent out 107 winners already this season, and Beckett clearly sees something worth developing in this three-year-old. The horse is active and still racing, which means there is time yet for form to turn. Whether Zooella can convert that occasional brilliance into something more consistent will depend on finding the right race and the right conditions.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
24 Sep
5th
Newmarket
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
20 Aug
18th
York
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 21 runners
24 Jul
🏆 Won
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
13 Jul
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 8 runners
18 Dec
4th
chelmsford
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
25 Nov
3rd
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 9 runners
23 Oct
2nd
Southwell
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
8 Oct
3rd
Kempton Park
5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow · 3 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 |
1 |
1 win |
13 Jul |
100% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
24 Jul |
100% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
23 Oct |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
25 Nov |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
18 Dec |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
8 Oct |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Sep |
0% |