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The Derby 2026 entries were published on Tuesday 24th February. Most coverage focused on the obvious names — the powerful stables, the Classic-bred types, the horses already carrying Group race form. That’s the obvious story. This isn’t that story. Six horses on the Derby 2026 entry list with significant untapped potential. Maltese Cross — a … Read more
Palladas headlines this edition of Stride Watch. The Godolphin racehorse made an eye-catching debut at Kempton — stride profile pointing toward middle distances, despite a pace warning that limits prediction confidence at this stage. Alongside him, three horses whose biomechanics suggest improvement once stepped up in trip. This edition: Palladas | Shabab Al Ahli | … Read more
Soft ground costs speed. The question is how going affects racehorse stride — is it stride length, stride frequency, or both? We analysed stride profiles across 100 horses on different going conditions to find out which. The Dataset All 100 horses were selected from truly run races, filtered for peak performance using time ratings. Without … Read more
Selenic headlines this edition of Stride Watch with an extreme stamina profile that suggests significant improvement once stepped up to longer distances. This edition: Selenic | Itica | Felix Gem | Guildmaster STRIDE WATCH Finding value before the market does. Stride Watch highlights horses whose biomechanics reveal they’re racing at the wrong distance. Using predictive models, we … Read more
The 2025 Epsom Derby favourite went off at 2/1. Delacroix carried impressive Group class juvenile form and a pedigree profile the market deemed acceptable for Derby distance. He finished ninth, beaten sixteen lengths, never threatening. Three months later, he’d won the Group 1 Coral Eclipse Stakes. Then the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes. Two elite … Read more
The Lost King headlines this edition of Stride Watch. The Andrew Balding-trained 4yo returned from a 202-day absence to win at Kempton — but the stride data from that performance reveals something the form book doesn’t. Six career runs showing a consistent pattern. Alongside him, five horses whose true trip is still being discovered. STRIDE … Read more
Conventional wisdom says all horses develop stamina with maturity. Give a 2-year-old time to strengthen, and they’ll handle longer distances at three and four. Analysis of 500+ horses proves this is only half true. Understanding which pattern a horse follows reveals which will improve at different distances—before form proves it and prices move. There are … Read more
Extremely Zain headlines this edition of Stride Watch with the most freakish 2yo stride profile analysed in 2025. The William Haggas-trained horse won his Newcastle debut by seven lengths — but what the stride data revealed was so far outside normal parameters it breaks predictive models. Alongside him, three horses whose stride data suggests they’ll … Read more
Epsom Oaks 2026: The favourites stride like milers, not stayers. The Epsom Oaks, run over 12 furlongs on June 5th 2026, is the middle distance Classic for 3-year-old fillies. Diamond Necklace and Precise head the ante-post market—both Group 1 winners as 2-year-olds over distances up to a mile. But stride profiles reveal many won’t stay … Read more
Stride analysis exposes the ante-post Derby market’s fundamental weakness: it prices horses on form and reputation without validating distance suitability. The 2026 Epsom Derby market is immature. Prices are based on two-year-old form at shorter distances, not 12-furlong evidence. Many horses are racing at wrong trips—the market won’t know until they’re stretched out at 12 … Read more