April Mist
April Mist is a 2-year-old with an encouraging start to racing life, having won once and placed twice from five outings. The horse was sharpest early on, scoring a debut victory at Bellewstown in early July before racking up two placings in quick succession. Since then, things have been tougher — the last three races have all come up empty, with recent efforts yielding seventh, seventh, and seventh-place finishes. That three-month gap since the last win at Bellewstown suggests the trainer may have been regrouping and reassessing where best to find another opportunity.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Woodridge Stables Limited
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Trained by G. M. Lyons at Dunsany in Co Meath, April Mist is part of a yard in excellent form this season, with 43 winners already saddled. Lyons is clearly backing the horse to keep racing, having sent it out again just yesterday, which points to fresh plans and renewed confidence. At this stage of a young horse's career, finding the right level and the right race is crucial, and three months between wins suggests some careful thinking about next steps. With one win from five races, April Mist is still very much learning the game, but that debut success at Bellewstown shows there is ability there — the job now is to rediscover it and find the races where this horse can win again.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
21 Sep
7th
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Good · 9 runners
16 Aug
7th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
22 Jul
7th
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
3 Jul
🏆 Won
Bellewstown
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
24 Jun
2nd
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
3 Jul |
100% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Sep |
0% |