Bunker Bay (IRE) — Horse Explorer | Saturday Racing

Career Trajectory

last 28 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF

Peak form: 100
Mean: 39
Win %: 6%
Placed %: 42%
Trend: Fading

Course Record

17 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Yarmouth, Market Rasen — well clear of the 42% career baseline.

Yarmouth SPEC 60% 1-2-5
Kempton (AW) 25% 0-1-4
Market Rasen SPEC 100% 1-2-3
Newcastle (AW) 33% 0-1-3
Southwell (AW) 50% 0-1-2
Wolverhampton (AW) 50% 0-1-2
Catterick 0% 0-0-2
Musselburgh 100% 0-1-1
Sandown 100% 0-1-1
Windsor 100% 0-1-1
Cartmel 0% 0-0-1
Haydock 0% 0-0-1
Hexham 0% 0-0-1
Newbury 0% 0-0-1
Perth 0% 0-0-1
Salisbury 0% 0-0-1
Sedgefield 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

12 jockeys · 2 trainers

Jockeys

Aiden Brookes 33% 0-2-6
Emma Smith-Chaston 0% 0-0-5
Joshua Thompson NOW 100% 1-2-3
Neil Callan 67% 0-2-3
Jim Crowley 33% 0-1-3
Callum Shepherd 0% 0-0-3
Luke Morris 100% 0-2-2
Brandon Wilkie 50% 1-0-2
Brian Hughes 100% 0-1-1
Rossa Ryan 100% 0-1-1
Ben Curtis 0% 0-0-1
Miss Becky Smith 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

Micky Hammond NOW 38% 1-5-16
William Knight 47% 1-6-15

Going Record

31 classifiable runs

Allrounder Handles a range — peak 56% on Good to Soft, but no surface bias jumps out.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm 0% 0-0-1
Good 50% 1-6-14
Good to Soft 56% 1-4-9
Soft 14% 0-1-7
Heavy — 0 runs

Distance Record

31 classifiable runs

Leaning Best at middle trips (54% itm) but capable elsewhere.

Sprint ≤ 6f — 0 runs
Seven 6½ – 7f 0% 0-0-1
Mile 7f – 1m1f 33% 0-1-3
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f 54% 1-6-13
Staying ≥ 1m4f 36% 1-4-14

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

1st/7 28 May 2026 4 days ago

Market Rasen
- 2m½f
- Good
- Class 5
- Tongue tie + cheekpieces
won 0 OR 82

Joshua Thompson

Jumped left on occasions - raced in second - led before 2 out - ridden run-in - kept on well(op 11/2)
8th/14 23 Apr 2026 39 days ago

Perth
- 2m
- Good
Miss Becky Smith

Never better than midfield(op 13/2)
2nd/9 5 Apr 2026 57 days ago

Market Rasen
- 2m½f
- Good
Joshua Thompson

Midfield - dropped to rear 4th - headway 3 out - went second run-in - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 6/1)
3rd/6 15 Mar 2026 78 days ago

Market Rasen
- 2m½f
- Good To Soft
Joshua Thompson

Raced in third - outpaced and dropped to rear before 2 out - rallied and went third again before last - weakened run-in(op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
6th/8 9 Jan 2026 143 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 1m4½f
- Standard
Aiden Brookes

Led - headed over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 18/1 tchd 33/1)
3rd/10 8 Dec 2025 175 days ago

Musselburgh
- 1m7½f
- Soft
Brian Hughes

Held up in rear - headway 3 out - briefly disputed lead last - outpaced and edged left run-in - lost second towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 15/2…
6th/8 17 Oct 2025 227 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 1m4½f
- Standard
Aiden Brookes

Prominent on inner - weakened over 1f out(op 15/2)
2nd/10 2 Sep 2025 272 days ago

Wolverhampton (AW)
- 1m4f
- Standard
Aiden Brookes

Towards rear - headway over 3f out - went second over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 50/1)
6th/6 6 May 2025 391 days ago

Wolverhampton (AW)
- 1m6f
- Standard
Aiden Brookes

Soon led - headed over 4f out - weakened quickly over 3f out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet reported gelding had lost his…
3rd/4 2 Apr 2025 425 days ago

Southwell (AW)
- 1m3f
- Standard
Aiden Brookes

Raced in second - dropped to last 5f out - hung right from over 2f out - no impression from over 1f out(op 6/1 tchd 7/1)