Cape Primrose
Five races in and still waiting for that first win, Cape Primrose has so far been more nearly there than not quite — a single placed finish from five attempts tells the story of a horse that has shown enough to keep the yard hopeful but not yet enough to get its nose in front. The most recent run, just yesterday, ended in fifth, continuing a sequence that reads 5-5-4-2-5 from newest to oldest. That second place is the closest it has come, and at three years old there is still time to turn promise into performance.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What works in Cape Primrose's favour is who is doing the training. Aidan P O'Brien's yard in Cashel, Co Tipperary is one of the most formidable operations in world racing, and this season alone the team has sent out 125 winners. To put that in perspective, that is not a yard scraping around for runners — that is a machine that produces winners at a relentless pace. Horses trained there tend to improve with experience, and a three-year-old with only five races under its belt is very much still learning the job.
For now, Cape Primrose is a horse with everything still to prove. But being in the right hands, at the right age, with racing still very much ongoing, means the first win could come sooner rather than later.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Jul
5th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
27 Apr
5th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 10 runners
9 Apr
4th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 7 runners
9 Oct
2nd
Thurles
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
18 Sep
5th
Naas
7f – 1m · Yielding_To_Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
27 Apr |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 Apr |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
9 Oct |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 Jul |
0% |