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War Hawk: horse profile, stats, records and next races

War Hawk is a 4-year-old gelding by Mehmas, trained by Simon & Ed Crisford. He has won 3 of 18 starts and placed in 5 more, for £77,080 in prize money. His best trip is 1m 2f, where 2 wins from 9 is a 22% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 8:00 at Kempton (AW) on 14 October. His best performance rating is 86, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 18
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 17%
  • Prize money £77,080
  • Best rating 86
  • Official rating 85

Where War Hawk runs next

Time Course Race Best price
8:00 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Stakes (London Middle Distance Qualifier) (GBBPlus Race) —

War Hawk form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
30 Aug 26 Goodwood Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap Stakes Class 4 1m 2f Soft 6 12.5 10/1 Callum Rodriguez 85
17 Jul 26 Newmarket (July) National Stud Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Class 3 1m 2f Good To Firm 5 10.75 14/1 Mason Paetel 87
13 Mar 26 Meydan (UAE) Phi Advertising (Handicap) (Dirt) 1m 1.5f Fast 5 6.5 3/1F Silvestre De Sousa 89
13 Feb 26 Meydan (UAE) Longines Primaluna (Handicap) (Turf) 1m 2f Good 6 4 4/1 Silvestre De Sousa 89
16 Jan 26 Meydan (UAE) Azizi Milan (Handicap) (Dirt) 1m 3f Fast 3 7 16/5 James Doyle 90
13 Dec 25 Jebel Ali (UAE) Race 6 - Umm Suqeim Stakes (Handicap) (Dirt) 1m 2f Fast 4 4.25 7/4F Daniel Tudhope 90
29 Nov 25 Jebel Ali (UAE) Zayed & Rashid Initiative Cup (Handicap) (Dirt) 1m 1f Fast 2 .75 9/4 Andrew Slattery 88
1 Aug 25 Goodwood Coral Pipped At The Post Winners Handicap (GBBPlus) Class 3 1m 3f Good To Soft 7 7 8/1 Oisin Murphy 89
11 Jul 25 Newmarket bet365 Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 1m 2f Good To Firm 6 7.25 12/1 Ryan Moore 89
7 Jun 25 Epsom Downs Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Lester Piggott Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 1m 2f Good To Soft 1 — 9/2 Jack Mitchell 84
31 May 25 Chester Going Is Good Handicap (GBBPlus Race) (Div 1) Class 4 1m 2.5f Good 1 — 3/1 Jack Mitchell 79
11 May 25 Newcastle (AW) Michael John Hrycko Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 3 1m 2f Standard 2 .75 5/1 Harry Davies 77
9 Apr 25 Nottingham Pete Bennett's Memorial Handicap (GBB Plus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Good 4 6.5 7/2 Sean D Bowen 71
1 Apr 25 Lingfield (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Standard 1 — 4/6F Harry Davies 71
14 Mar 25 Wolverhampton (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Class 5 1m 0.5f Standard 4 2 4/1 Josephine Gordon 72
17 Jan 25 Southwell (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m Standard 2 .75 3/1 Cieren Fallon –
31 Oct 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Complimentary Remembrance Tickets For Armed Forces EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Standard 7 7 9/1 Harry Davies –
15 Oct 24 Newcastle (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Standard 3 2.75 14/1 Harry Davies –

Last time out

Finished 6 in the Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap Stakes at Goodwood on 30 August 2026. Settled just off the pace early - moved into contention after 4f and steered left 2f out under pressure - soon well beaten in 6th.

War Hawk by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
10f 9 2 22% —
11f 2 0 0% —
7f 2 0 0% —
9.5f 1 0 0% —
9f 1 0 0% —
10.5f 1 1 100% —
8.5f 1 0 0% —
8f 1 0 0% —

War Hawk by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Standard 6 1 17% —
Fast 4 0 0% —
Good 3 1 33% —
Good To Firm 2 0 0% —
Good To Soft 2 1 50% —
Soft 1 0 0% —

War Hawk by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Meydan (UAE) 3 0 0% —
Goodwood 2 0 0% —
Jebel Ali (UAE) 2 0 0% —
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% —
Newmarket (July) 1 0 0% —
Newmarket 1 0 0% —
Epsom Downs 1 1 100% —
Chester 1 1 100% —
Nottingham 1 0 0% —
Lingfield (AW) 1 1 100% —

War Hawk breeding

  • Sire Mehmas (IRE)
  • Dam Wrood (USA)
  • Damsire Invasor (ARG)
  • Breeder N Hartery
  • Foaled 23 April 2022

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