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Initial Blue: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Initial Blue is a 4-year-old gelding by Blue Point, trained by Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole. He has won 4 of 22 starts and placed in 7 more, for £24,222 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 4 wins from 15 is a 27% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:49 at Laytown on 10 September. His best performance rating is 77, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 22
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 11
  • Strike rate 18%
  • Prize money £24,222
  • Best rating 77
  • Official rating 66

Where Initial Blue runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:49 Laytown Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports (Q.R.) Handicap —

Initial Blue form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
2 Jul 26 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 1 — 5/1 Rossa Ryan 66
1 Jun 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 5 6f Standard 3 4 7/2F Jack Doughty 67
30 Apr 26 Southwell (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 6 6f Standard 2 .25 9/2 Alistair Rawlinson 65
18 Apr 26 Nottingham Burger King Winning Whopper Apprentice Handicap Class 6 5f Good 7 6.25 11/2 Charlie Bell 65
8 Apr 26 Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet Handicap Class 6 6f Standard To Slow 1 — 7/2 Billy Loughnane 62
26 Mar 26 Chelmsford City (AW) Racing Welfare Handicap Class 5 5f Standard 3 2.5 7/1 Jack Doughty 63
13 Mar 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap Class 6 6f Standard 3 .5 4/1 Rossa Ryan 62
3 Mar 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Class 5 6f Standard 3 1.75 9/4F Hollie Doyle 62
4 Feb 26 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Handicap Class 6 6f Standard To Slow 1 — 11/4 Rossa Ryan 55
22 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap Class 6 6f Standard 5 3 9/1 Robert Havlin 56
2 Jan 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Class 6 6f Standard 3 2.25 33/1 Charlie Bell 57
26 Nov 25 Southwell (AW) At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 10 19.75 3/1 Rossa Ryan 59
25 Oct 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Class 6 6f Standard 4 2.25 9/1 Alec Voikhansky 60
24 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Industry Leading In-Play Markets At Unibet Handicap Class 6 6f Standard To Slow 4 5.5 7/2J Sean Levey 62
3 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Apprentice Handicap Class 5 7f Standard To Slow 4 3.75 4/1 Tyrese Cameron 63
19 Aug 25 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 3 2.25 10/1 Sean Levey 64
24 Jul 25 Doncaster Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Class 5 6f Good 10 22.75 18/1 Sean Levey 69
7 Jun 25 Chepstow DragonBet - Oncourse And Online Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Soft 9 13.75 7/1 Alec Voikhansky 73
30 May 25 Haydock Betfred 'Join Our Sports Club' Handicap Class 5 7f Good 8 6.75 16/1 Tom Marquand 75
5 May 25 Windsor attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 9 9.5 12/1 Sam Hitchcott 77
9 Nov 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Plays Different EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Standard 1 — 2/1F Sean Levey –
7 Oct 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Get Raceday Ready App EBF 'Confined' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Standard 4 5.5 11/2 Sean Levey –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap at Kempton (AW) on 2 July 2026. Set the pace from the break - driven and lost the advantage close to the final furlong - regained the front inside it - dug deep to prevail on the line.

Initial Blue by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
6f 15 4 27%
7f 5 0 0%
5f 2 0 0%

Initial Blue by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 11 1 9%
Standard To Slow 6 3 50%
Good 3 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%

Initial Blue by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Kempton (AW) 6 3 50%
Wolverhampton (AW) 6 0 0%
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0%
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 1 50%
Nottingham 1 0 0%
Doncaster 1 0 0%
Chepstow 1 0 0%
Haydock 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 0 0%

Initial Blue breeding

  • Sire Blue Point (IRE)
  • Dam Summer Dream (IRE)
  • Damsire Oasis Dream (GB)
  • Breeder Razza Vedano
  • Foaled 17 April 2022

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