Alibah
There is something quietly promising about a three-year-old who has already figured out how to win, even if the results haven't always shown it. Alibah has raced five times and won once, with two placed efforts along the way — a record of 1 from 5, which works out at winning roughly 1 in every 5 races. That's a modest headline number, but the recent run of form tells a more complicated story: the figures read 1-3-8-9-6 going back from that win, meaning Alibah found the target first time and has since struggled to recapture it. The task now is working out whether the win was a sign of things to come or a high point that's proved hard to repeat.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
That win came at Gowran Park on 26 July 2025, and it matters where a horse wins as much as that it wins at all. Gowran Park is a compact, sharp track in County Kilkenny — not the grandest stage, but a real test of a horse that can quicken and handle a tight layout. Alibah did it over a trip between seven furlongs and a mile, the distance range where this horse has been most effective, winning 1 from 3 attempts at those trips — a rate of one in three, which is noticeably better than the overall career record.
The trainer is Joseph Patrick O'Brien, operating out of Owning Hill in Co Kilkenny, and the yard is having a serious season — 171 winners already this term. That kind of output means O'Brien knows how to place horses well, and a three-year-old with a win already on the board gives him something to work with. Alibah raced just yesterday, so fitness isn't the question. The question is whether the penny drops again and this horse starts to show more of what that Gowran Park win suggested was there.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Jun
6th
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Good · 7 runners
22 Apr
9th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Soft · 11 runners
28 Sep
8th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Soft · 9 runners
22 Sep
3rd
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 13 runners
26 Jul
🏆 Won
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Good · 19 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
22 Apr |
50% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Sep |
0% |