Brave Crogha
Brave Crogha is a seven-year-old still grinding away on the racing circuit, though the wins have dried up. The horse has won just once in eighteen career races—that's a 6% win rate—and it came at Galway back in August 2024. That single victory now sits twenty-five months in the past, a long time for any racehorse to go without breaking the tape again. Two places round out a modest record that speaks to a horse operating at a lower level of the sport, the kind that shows up week after week without quite delivering the goods.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
Recent form has been thoroughly unspectacular. In the last six races, Brave Crogha finished 13th, then 9th, 15th, 9th, 13th, and most recently 13th—a run of results that suggests the horse is becoming increasingly outpaced by its rivals. Miss A B O'Connor has been the regular pilot, partnering Brave Crogha nine times for one win together, a win rate of roughly 1 in 9. The pattern is clear: this is a horse that runs regularly but rarely threatens to win, and when it does manage a place it feels like something of a surprise. Still active and racing just yesterday, Brave Crogha continues to turn up, a testament to the sheer persistence required to make a living in racing's lower tiers.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Ballinrobe in 5 attempts
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
10 Aug
13th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
26 May
DNF
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
26 Oct
9th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
8 Sep
15th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 23 runners
22 Jul
9th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
3 Jul
13th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
27 May
5th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
1 May
10th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 14 runners
13 Oct
5th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
24 Aug
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 10 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 |
|---|
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
5 |
5 other |
10 Aug |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
4 |
1 win, 3 other |
26 Oct |
25% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Dec |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
8 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 May |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |