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Law of Design: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Law of Design is a 4-year-old gelding by Sottsass, trained by Ian Williams. He has won 1 of 20 starts and placed in 4 more, for £33,506 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 1 win from 7 is a 14% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:55 at Nottingham on 4 November. His best performance rating is 88, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 20
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 5
  • Strike rate 5%
  • Prize money £33,506
  • Best rating 88
  • Official rating 63

Where Law of Design runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:55 Nottingham racingtv.com Handicap Stakes —

Law of Design form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
13 Oct 26 Leicester Christmas Parties At Leicester Racecourse Book Now Handicap Stakes Class 5 1m Good To Soft 8 8 11/4 Paul Mulrennan 63
3 Oct 26 Redcar Marske Fabrications & Engineering Straight-mile Series Final Handicap Stakes Class 2 1m Good 5 3.5 7/1 Tom Kiely-Marshall 63
15 Sep 26 Redcar Marske Fabrication And Engineering Straight Mile Handicap Stakes (Marske Fabrications & Engineering Straight Mile Series Qual.) Class 5 1m Good 3 3.75 7/1 Paul Mulrennan 64
31 Aug 26 Chepstow LSL Racing Chepstow Mile Series Final Handicap Stakes Class 2 1m Good To Soft 2 3.75 28/1 William Cox 64
18 Aug 26 Chepstow Trade Centre Wales Handicap Stakes (Chepstow Mile Series Qualifier) Class 6 1m Good To Firm 5 3 11/4F Billy Loughnane 65
25 Jul 26 Chester Tom Jones Live On 14th August Handicap Stakes Class 4 7.5f Good 5 8 28/1 Ryan Kavanagh 68
10 Jul 26 Chester Fired Up Tess Handicap Stakes (Div I) Class 5 7f Good 5 13 10/1 Harry Davies 70
7 Apr 26 Southwell (AW) Sky Sports Racing Mile Series Final Handicap Class 2 1m Standard 9 5 33/1 Charles Bishop 73
12 Feb 26 Chelmsford City (AW) Chelmsford Mile Series Qualifier 6 Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 5 5.75 22/1 Edward Greatrex 75
23 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 7f Standard 8 5 12/1 Edward Greatrex 77
20 Dec 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 11 7.75 20/1 Edward Greatrex 78
8 Sep 25 Windsor Arc All-Weather 1MILLION Bonus Returns Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 6f Good 9 5.5 9/4F Billy Loughnane 79
5 Sep 25 Ascot Sodexo Live! Handicap Class 4 7f Soft 3 1 12/1 Billy Loughnane 79
23 Jul 25 Doncaster Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Soft 4 2 12/1 Billy Loughnane 80
6 Jul 25 Ayr Summer Mile Handicap Class 3 1m Soft 8 27 18/1 Kevin Stott 85
17 May 25 Newbury Trade Nation London Gold Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 1m 2f Good To Firm 9 37 40/1 Sean Levey 89
15 Apr 25 Newmarket bet365 Feilden Stakes (Listed) Class 1 1m 1f Good To Soft 8 55 28/1 James Doyle 91
28 Sep 24 Newmarket Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 1m Soft 7 11 18/1 Sean Levey –
7 Sep 24 Ascot tote.co.uk British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 7f Soft 1 — 3/1 James Doyle –
23 Aug 24 Newmarket Jenningsbet British Ebf Novice Stakes Class 4 7f Good 3 3.75 18/1 Sean Levey –

Last time out

Finished 8 in the Christmas Parties At Leicester Racecourse Book Now Handicap Stakes at Leicester on 13 October 2026. Held up at the back from the outset - always well adrift of the action - plodded home 8th.

Law of Design by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 8 0 0% —
7f 7 1 14% —
6f 2 0 0% —
7.5f 1 0 0% —
10f 1 0 0% —
9f 1 0 0% —

Law of Design by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 6 0 0% —
Good To Soft 4 0 0% —
Standard 4 0 0% —
Soft 4 1 25% —
Good To Firm 2 0 0% —

Law of Design by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Newmarket 3 0 0% —
Redcar 2 0 0% —
Chepstow 2 0 0% —
Chester 2 0 0% —
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% —
Ascot 2 1 50% —
Leicester 1 0 0% —
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% —
Windsor 1 0 0% —

Law of Design breeding

  • Sire Sottsass (FR)
  • Dam Areeda (IRE)
  • Damsire Refuse To Bend (IRE)
  • Breeder Knockaney Stud
  • Foaled 11 February 2022

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