Cala Gracioneta
Seven races, zero wins, and a best finish of second place — Cala Gracioneta is a horse that has spent its entire career knocking on the door without ever quite getting through it. The four-year-old has managed just one place from those seven outings, and recent form tells a story of a horse that has been struggling badly, finishing 12th, 11th, and 13th in three of its last five races. That kind of form is hard to put a positive spin on.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
14.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Trained by Matthew J Smith out of Kilmessan in County Meath, Cala Gracioneta races for a yard that has found the winner's enclosure eight times already this season, so the stable clearly knows how to get a horse ready to win. That makes it all the more puzzling that this particular horse hasn't been able to convert its one podium finish into an actual victory. Having raced as recently as yesterday, it remains an active runner, and Smith hasn't given up on finding the right opportunity.
At this stage of its career, the most charitable reading is that Cala Gracioneta is still searching for conditions that suit. The least charitable is that it has had every chance and not taken them. Either way, for a four-year-old still without a win on the board, time is not exactly on its side.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
31 May
2nd
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
23 Jan
12th
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 13 runners
12 Dec
11th
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 17 runners
28 Nov
13th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
22 Oct
9th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 10 runners
1 Oct
5th
Bellewstown
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 13 runners
6 Sep
13th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 24 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
23 Jan |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
22 Oct |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
31 May |
0% |