Caitouna
The small Irish runner has won just once in eight races—that breakthrough came at Fairyhouse five weeks ago—and has managed only one other placed finish across the whole campaign. Those bare numbers might sound like a horse treading water, but there's a detail worth noting: when stepped up to races between seven furlongs and a mile, Caitouna wins roughly one in every four times (1 win from 4 races), which suggests the longer distances suit this particular animal far better than shorter sprints.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
The recent form is patchy. A run last week produced an eleventh-place finish, and before that there have been a mix of mid-field efforts with one decent fifth place, though Caitouna did manage that sixth-place finish and the ninth that suggest flickers of something worth watching for. Trainer Paul W Flynn, based at Colehill in County Longford, has had a solid season overall with 22 winners sent out from the yard, so the trainer knows how to get horses ready for the track. With the horse active and recently raced, Flynn will be plotting where Caitouna can next find the form that produced that Fairyhouse win. If the yard can keep this runner at the distances where it has shown its best—around seven furlongs to a mile—there may yet be another win tucked away in there, though consistency remains the real puzzle to solve.
⚡ 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 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 25% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
7 Aug
11th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
27 Jul
6th
Galway
7f – 1m · Yielding · 15 runners
9 Jul
9th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
1 Jul
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 21 runners
3 Jun
9th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 21 runners
15 Apr
5th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 14 runners
6 Mar
5th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
20 Feb
4th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 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 |
|---|
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
9 Jul |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
6 Mar |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
1 Jul |
100% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jun |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
7 Aug |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
27 Jul |
0% |