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Rare Change: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Rare Change is a 4-year-old gelding by Mehmas, trained by Richard Hughes. He has won 4 of 23 starts and placed in 4 more, for £55,726 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 2 wins from 11 is a 18% strike rate against 17% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:51 at Salisbury on 11 September. His best performance rating is 95, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 23
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 17%
  • Prize money £55,726
  • Best rating 95
  • Official rating 83

Where Rare Change runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:51 Salisbury PKF Francis Clark Handicap Stakes —

Rare Change form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
29 Aug 26 Goodwood Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap Stakes Class 2 7f Good To Soft 7 6 66/1 Gina Mangan 83
16 Aug 26 Pontefract Sky Bet Proud To Support Young Lives Vs Cancer Handicap Stakes Class 3 6f Good To Firm 7 3 9/1 Cieren Fallon 84
10 Jul 26 York William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Handicap Class 3 7f Good To Firm 7 3 33/1 Finley Marsh 84
7 Jun 26 Goodwood Elston Support Your Local Air Ambulance Handicap Class 4 7f Soft 1 — 16/1 Finley Marsh 82
6 May 26 Chester Roodee Handicap Class 3 7f Good 9 5.25 16/1 Rossa Ryan 84
20 Apr 26 Lingfield (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 4 6f Standard 3 1.75 2/1F Finley Marsh 84
24 Oct 25 Newbury Saturday Super Boost At BetVictor Handicap Class 3 7f Soft 12 25.75 20/1 Finley Marsh 86
27 Sep 25 Newmarket Ambassador Cruise Line Handicap Class 2 7f Good To Firm 12 9.75 33/1 Finley Marsh 88
5 Sep 25 Ascot Molton Brown Classified Stakes Class 3 7f Soft 6 6 14/1 Billy Loughnane 90
2 Aug 25 Goodwood Whispering Angel Handicap Class 2 7f Good To Soft 12 6.25 33/1 Finley Marsh 91
28 Jun 25 Newcastle (AW) Pertemps Network Handicap Class 2 7f Standard 7 6.5 4/1J Sean D Bowen 83
22 Jun 25 Pontefract Sunpak Potatoes Handicap Class 3 6f Good 1 — 7/2 Finley Marsh 83
24 May 25 Goodwood BetGoodwin Harroways Handicap Class 2 7f Good 10 7 11/1 Warren Fentiman 83
14 May 25 York Conundrum HR Consulting Handicap Class 3 7f Good To Firm 1 — 10/1 Hector Crouch 74
5 May 25 Windsor attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 1 — 13/2 Hector Crouch 74
23 Oct 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Nursery Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 3 1 9/2 Finley Marsh 74
13 Sep 24 Doncaster Believe Money 'Confined' Nursery Class 4 6f Good 6 7.5 5/1 Oisin Murphy 75
16 Aug 24 Newbury Watch Weekend Winners With BetVictor Nursery Class 4 6f Good 4 2.75 11/4F Ryan Moore 75
2 Aug 24 Goodwood Hawes & Curtis Nursery Class 2 6f Good To Firm 3 2.25 4/1F Oisin Murphy 75
6 Jul 24 Haydock bet365 Nursery Class 4 6f Good 3 .5 5/1 Finley Marsh 72
21 Jun 24 Goodwood William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 5f Good 4 4 20/1 Benoit De La Sayette –
9 Jun 24 Goodwood Hallgarten & Novum Wines / British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 6 6.5 25/1 Finley Marsh –
16 May 24 York Frank Whittle Partnership ebfstallions.com Novice Stakes (gbb Race) Class 2 6f Good 11 13.5 8/1 William Buick –

Last time out

Finished 7 in the Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap Stakes at Goodwood on 29 August 2026. Settled towards back early - shifted right and moved up outside rivals over 2f out - drifted right again - lost place inside final furlong.

Rare Change by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 11 2 18%
6f 11 2 18%
5f 1 0 0%

Rare Change by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 9 1 11%
Good To Firm 6 2 33%
Soft 3 1 33%
Good To Soft 2 0 0%
Standard 2 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Rare Change by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Goodwood 7 1 14%
York 3 1 33%
Pontefract 2 1 50%
Newbury 2 0 0%
Chester 1 0 0%
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0%
Newmarket 1 0 0%
Ascot 1 0 0%
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 1 100%

Rare Change breeding

  • Sire Mehmas (IRE)
  • Dam Plus Ca Change (IRE)
  • Damsire Invincible Spirit (IRE)
  • Breeder Airlie Stud & Mrs S M Rogers
  • Foaled 25 February 2022

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