Ballinoulart
Ballinoulart is a horse that has found everything hard in a long racing career. Now eight years old, the horse has run twenty times without winning once, though it has picked up eight placed finishes — enough to suggest it belongs on the track, just not quite at the level needed to get its head in front. The record reads as a study in near-misses: consistent enough to keep running, not quite sharp enough to break through.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
David Bridgwater Racing
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
40%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Recent form shows the familiar pattern. In its last six races, Ballinoulart has finished third, fourth, second, and third again — always thereabouts, never quite close enough. It raced just a day ago and is still actively campaigned by trainer David Bridgwater at Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire, a yard that has been winning regularly this season with six winners already. At Class 5 level, where most of Ballinoulart's races come, the horse has started fourteen times without a win. For a horse this experienced and this old, that is the reality: it is a horse that fills races, competes honestly, and gives its the yard something to show for their effort, but the winning breakthrough that would justify years of training and racing simply hasn't come.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Aug
DNF
Fontwell Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
18 Jul
5th
Market Rasen
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
23 Jun
2nd
Newton Abbot
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
4 Nov
DNF
Plumpton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
14 Oct
3rd
hereford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
24 Sep
4th
Warwick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 14 runners
7 Sep
DNF
Stratford-on-Avon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
22 Aug
7th
Newton Abbot
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
25 Jun
6th
Newton Abbot
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
1 Jun
4th
Worcester
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| hereford |
4 |
2 seconds, 1 third, 1 other |
14 Oct |
0% |
| Newton Abbot Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
23 Jun |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
20 Mar |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Jan |
0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
30 Dec |
0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Plumpton Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
4 Nov |
0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
22 Apr |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
18 May |
0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
7 Sep |
0% |
| Fontwell Park Tight |
1 |
1 other |
28 Aug |
0% |
| Market Rasen Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
18 Jul |
0% |