Cappa Hill
Cappa Hill is a honest 6-year-old who has found the winner's circle just twice in fourteen attempts, but both victories came at tracks in Cork and Tipperary, suggesting the horse knows how to get the job done on home ground. The first win arrived at Cork on 4 August 2025, and a second followed at Tipperary just two months later on 5 October — but that October success now sits a full year in the past, a long drought for a horse that was once capable of winning. Over that time, Cappa Hill has picked up six places finishes, evidence of consistency without that crucial final burst, finishing anywhere from third to fifth in most of those races. Still active and recently out just days ago, the horse is clearly being kept campaigned by trainer
Sean Joseph Allen's Fermoy yard, which has been a modest operation this season with four winners sent out across all its runners.
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 jockey partnership with Darragh O'Keeffe has shown the most promise — a 20 per cent win rate across their five rides together, with one victory — suggesting the pair work well when it clicks. But recent form tells a harder story. Cappa Hill's last six races show just one placed finish (a third) among runs scattered between fourth and fifth, pointing to a horse that is finding it tough to compete at the level it currently faces. For a horse now in its middle years with only two career wins to its name, the focus is likely on finding the right opportunity: a race where the ground suits, the class feels right, and the team can get another win on the board. Until then, Cappa Hill remains a battler — well-meant but no longer finding the winners' enclosure as readily as those early autumn months promised it might.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Likes
Good (a little give)
Likes
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
11 Oct
4th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
20 Sep
3rd
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
4 Sep
9th
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
13 Aug
4th
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Good · 6 runners
17 Jul
5th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 7 runners
9 May
DNF
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
5 Apr
8th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 20 runners
23 Nov
8th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 9 runners
5 Oct
🏆 Won
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 8 runners
4 Aug
🏆 Won
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 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 |
|---|
| Cork Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 3 other |
11 Oct |
25% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
17 Jul |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
5 Oct |
100% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
4 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
23 Nov |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
28 May |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
23 Mar |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
6 Mar |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
13 Aug |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
20 Sep |
0% |