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Mostly Sunny: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Mostly Sunny is a 7-year-old gelding by Zarak, trained by Dan Skelton. He has won 6 of 37 starts and placed in 10 more, for £117,128 in prize money. His best trip is 1m 4f, where 2 wins from 4 is a 50% strike rate against 12% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:55 at Chepstow on 9 October. His best performance rating is 119, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 37
  • Wins 6
  • Placed 16
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £117,128
  • Best rating 119
  • Official rating 118

Where Mostly Sunny runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:55 Chepstow LSL Racing Handicap Hurdle Race —

Mostly Sunny form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
1 Oct 25 Warwick Ignite Incentives Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 5f Good 4 22.25 5/2 Harry Skelton 118
30 Aug 25 Newton Abbot Aubrey Loze Memorial Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 5.5f Good To Soft 3 3 5/1 Harry Atkins 118
19 Jul 25 Market Rasen Unibet Moneyback As Cash Races Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 4.5f Good 4 6.5 4/1 Harry Atkins 119
29 Jun 25 Uttoxeter bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 7.5f Good 4 5.75 7/2F Harry Skelton 119
10 May 25 Haydock Pertemps Network Long Distance Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 3m 0.5f Good 4 1.75 14/1 Tristan Durrell 117
26 Apr 25 Sandown bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4f Good 2 1.25 10/3F Harry Skelton 109
21 Apr 25 Plumpton Southern Cranes Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4.5f Good 1 — 14/1 Harry Skelton 109
20 Mar 25 Ludlow NFU Mutual Insurance Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 5f Good 5 14.75 9/2 Harry Skelton 111
7 Mar 25 Exeter CRS Building Supplies Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 0.5f Good 7 44.75 22/1 Harry Skelton 113
22 Feb 25 Chepstow Pertemps Network EMEA Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m Soft 5 30.5 20/1 Tristan Durrell 115
4 Feb 25 Taunton Gold Cup Lunch 14th March Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 0.5f Soft 12 36.75 25/1 Tristan Durrell 117
9 Oct 24 Ludlow Remembering Margaret Roberts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 5f Good 2 17 7/4 Harry Skelton 117
27 Sep 24 Worcester DragonBet Fixed Brush Hurdle Series Final Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4f Soft 9 68 17/2 Harry Skelton 118
20 Jul 24 Market Rasen Unibet Daily Industry Best Prices Summer Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 0.5f Good 4 3 15/2 Harry Skelton 117
30 Jun 24 Uttoxeter Bet Boost At Bet365 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m Good To Soft 2 — 6/4F Harry Skelton 112
4 Jun 24 Southwell Prestige Safety Your Competent H&S Service Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m Good To Soft 1 — 5/4F Harry Skelton 102
21 May 24 Huntingdon My Pension Expert Your Trusted Advisers Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good 1 — 4/11F Harry Skelton –
7 May 24 Southwell Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good 2 .5 8/11F Harry Skelton –
31 Jan 24 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 1m 4f Standard To Slow 1 — 4/1 Jack Mitchell 75
15 Dec 23 Southwell (AW) BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Class 3 2m 0.5f Standard 7 19.75 8/1 P J McDonald 77
20 Nov 23 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Class 3 2m Standard To Slow 6 3 4/1 Oisin Murphy 78
23 Sep 23 York New To York Rio Brazilian Handicap Class 4 2m 0.5f Good To Soft 4 11.5 9/2 Daniel Muscutt 79
13 Sep 23 Southwell (AW) William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Racing League Race 40 Handicap Class 3 2m 0.5f Standard 7 5.75 6/1 Gina Mangan 80
23 Aug 23 York Sky Bet Stayers Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 2m 0.5f Good To Firm 4 2.5 20/1 Kieran O'Neill 80
4 Aug 23 Goodwood Coral Goodwood Handicap Class 2 2m 4.5f Soft 16 121.5 14/1 Hayley Turner 80
1 Jul 23 Newcastle (AW) JenningsBet Northumberland Vase Handicap Class 2 2m 0.5f Standard To Slow 2 .5 5/1 Jason Hart 78
11 Jun 23 Goodwood Rod Gaskin Garden Machinery Handicap Class 3 2m Good To Firm 2 .75 12/1 Jason Watson 78
12 May 23 Chester tote Fantasy, Whos In Your Stable Chester Plate Handicap Class 2 2m 2.5f Soft 7 10.5 33/1 Jack Mitchell 80
21 Apr 23 Newbury Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Silver Bar Handicap Class 2 2m 0.5f Soft 7 46.5 11/2 Marco Ghiani 82
11 Nov 22 Newcastle (AW) BetUK Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Handicap Class 4 2m 0.5f Standard To Slow 1 — 9/2 P J McDonald 77
21 Oct 22 Newbury Gardner Mechanical Services Handicap Class 3 1m 5.5f Soft 2 1.25 14/1 Jason Watson 77
7 Oct 22 York William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 1m 6f Good To Soft 14 42.75 28/1 Connor Beasley 79
15 Sep 22 Newcastle (AW) William Hill Bet Boost Racing League Race Thirty-Six (Handicap) Class 3 1m 4.5f Standard 7 3.75 14/1 Andrew Mullen 80
2 Jul 22 Haydock Bet365 Handicap Class 2 1m 6f Soft 12 15 25/1 Joshua Bryan 82
2 Jun 22 Leicester Leicester City FC EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good To Soft 1 — 11/2 Joshua Bryan –
14 May 22 Thirsk Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good 3 9 9/1 Joshua Bryan –
12 Apr 22 Wolverhampton (AW) Watch Racing Free Online At Coral Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m 4f Standard 3 .75 20/1 Joshua Bryan –

Last time out

Finished 4 in the Ignite Incentives Handicap Hurdle at Warwick on 1 October 2025. Settled towards the back early - well off the tempo - stayed on from 2 out to claim fourth.

Mostly Sunny by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
16.5f 10 1 10% —
16f 7 2 29% —
12f 4 2 50% —
21f 3 0 0% —
20.5f 3 1 33% —
20f 2 0 0% —
14f 2 0 0% —
21.5f 1 0 0% —
23.5f 1 0 0% —
24.5f 1 0 0% —
18.5f 1 0 0% —
13.5f 1 0 0% —
12.5f 1 0 0% —

Mostly Sunny by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 13 2 15% —
Soft 8 0 0% —
Good To Soft 6 2 33% —
Standard To Slow 4 2 50% —
Standard 4 0 0% —
Good To Firm 2 0 0% —

Mostly Sunny by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
York 3 0 0% —
Newcastle (AW) 3 1 33% —
Market Rasen 2 0 0% —
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% —
Haydock 2 0 0% —
Ludlow 2 0 0% —
Southwell 2 1 50% —
Kempton (AW) 2 1 50% —
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% —
Goodwood 2 0 0% —

Mostly Sunny breeding

  • Sire Zarak (FR)
  • Dam Belle Above All (GB)
  • Damsire New Approach (IRE)
  • Breeder Mrs D J James
  • Foaled 27 January 2019

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