Highwind: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Highwind is a 6-year-old gelding by Zarak, trained by W P Mullins. He has won 2 of 16 starts and placed in 4 more, for £30,962 in prize money. His best trip is 1m 1.5f, where 1 win from 3 is a 33% strike rate against 8% at every other distance. He runs next in the 6:43 at Clonmel on 16 September. His best performance rating is 124, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

Runs 16
Wins 2
Placed 6
Strike rate 13%
Prize money £30,962
Best rating 124
Official rating 85

Where Highwind runs next

Time	Course	Race	Best price
6:43	Clonmel	Jerry McDonnell Memorial Tipperary Perpetual Cup Handicap	—

Highwind form and race record

Date	Course	Race	Dist	Going	Pos	Beaten	SP	Jockey	OR
31 Jul 26	Goodwood	Coral Goodwood Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Class 2	2m 4.5f	Good To Firm	5	10.75	14/1	David Egan	85
26 Jun 26	Curragh	O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Irish European Breeders Fund Stayers Handicap	2m 0.5f	Good To Firm	4	4.5	14/1	Ben Coen	85
24 May 26	Curragh	CAVALOR Equine Nutrition Handicap	1m 6f	Good	6	6	33/1	Chris Hayes	85
5 Sep 25	Down Royal	Grant Thornton Ulster Cesarewitch Handicap	2m 2.5f	Good	4	2	22/1	J M Sheridan	84
16 Aug 25	Tramore	Brennan's Pharmacy Handicap	2m	Good To Yielding	8	20.5	11/1	Sean O'Keeffe	86
2 Feb 25	Leopardstown	Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Listed)	2m	Soft	13	42	50/1	Brian Hayes	128
14 May 24	Killarney	FEXCO Handicap	2m 1f	Soft	10	25.5	11/2	Colin Keane	90
4 May 24	Punchestown	Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1)	2m	Soft	10	19.75	28/1	Mark Walsh	128
15 Mar 24	Cheltenham	JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1	2m 1f	Heavy	9	40.25	33/1	Rachael Blackmore	–
3 Feb 24	Leopardstown	Mccann Fitzgerald Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1)	2m	Soft	8	17.5	11/1	Rachael Blackmore	–
15 Jan 24	Punchestown	Bet Victor Proud To Support Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle	2m 0.5f	Soft	1	—	6/4F	Sean O'Keeffe	–
7 Apr 23	Saint-Cloud (FR)	Prix Caracalla (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)	1m 4f	Good To Soft	3	1.25	47/10	Aurelien Lemaitre	–
9 Mar 23	Saint-Cloud (FR)	Prix Gris Perle (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)	1m 2f	Very Soft	3	3	7/5F	Aurelien Lemaitre	–
4 Feb 23	Deauville (FR)	Prix de Fervaques (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)	1m 1.5f	Standard	1	—	7/10F	Aurelien Lemaitre	–
14 Jan 23	Chantilly (FR)	Prix des Trois Clairieres (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)	1m 1.5f	Standard	2	0.2	6/4F	Aurelien Lemaitre	–
13 Dec 22	Chantilly (FR)	Prix de l'Eperon (Conditions) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)	1m 1.5f	Fast	2	1.25	61/10	Aurelien Lemaitre	–

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Coral Goodwood Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) at Goodwood on 31 July 2026. Handy early behind the pace - pushed along with 4f to run - knocked back and squeezed out 2f out - responded to finish and stayed on final furlong to come home fifth.

Highwind by distance

Split	Runs	Wins	Strike rate	Level stakes
16f	4	0	0%	—
9.5f	3	1	33%	—
16.5f	2	1	50%	—
17f	2	0	0%	—
20.5f	1	0	0%	—
14f	1	0	0%	—
18.5f	1	0	0%	—
12f	1	0	0%	—
10f	1	0	0%	—

Highwind by going

Split	Runs	Wins	Strike rate	Level stakes
Soft	5	1	20%	—
Good To Firm	2	0	0%	—
Good	2	0	0%	—
Standard	2	1	50%	—
Good To Yielding	1	0	0%	—
Heavy	1	0	0%	—
Good To Soft	1	0	0%	—
Very Soft	1	0	0%	—
Fast	1	0	0%	—

Highwind by course

Split	Runs	Wins	Strike rate	Level stakes
Curragh	2	0	0%	—
Leopardstown	2	0	0%	—
Punchestown	2	1	50%	—
Saint-Cloud (FR)	2	0	0%	—
Chantilly (FR)	2	0	0%	—
Goodwood	1	0	0%	—
Down Royal	1	0	0%	—
Tramore	1	0	0%	—
Killarney	1	0	0%	—
Cheltenham	1	0	0%	—

Highwind breeding

Sire Zarak (FR)
Dam Forecaster (GB)
Damsire Fastnet Rock (AUS)
Breeder S A S Larrieu Gerard
Foaled 28 March 2020

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