Carrigans Grove
Carrigans Grove is a hard-working 5-year-old that has found success sparingly but memorably. With three wins from 22 races, the horse wins roughly one in every seven starts—a modest return, but respectable for a horse without obvious elite-level ability. The three victories came at Dundalk in April 2025, at The Curragh in August 2025, and one other occasion, but it has now gone 13 months without a win and shows no sign of breaking that drought. Its last six races tell the story of a horse grinding away without reward: a third-place finish most recently, then an eighteenth, a seventh, another eighteenth, a tenth, and a fourth. These are the kinds of results that keep a horse in work but test an owner's patience.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
Patrick J Flynn's Carrick-On-Suir yard has found occasional lightning in a bottle with Carrigans Grove. The horse has placed in races ten times from its 22 starts, meaning it finds the frame (a top-three finish) in roughly one race in every two—that consistency is where its real value lies. Robyn Donaghue-Leahy has been its most frequent partner, riding it nine times for one win, a partnership that mirrors the horse's overall pattern: steady effort, rare glory. What makes Carrigans Grove worth watching is not whether it will win races, but whether it can rediscover the form that brought victories at two of Ireland's best tracks. A horse that has tasted success at The Curragh has raced at the highest level; the challenge now is whether this veteran still has another victory left in it.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
7 Oct
4th
Navan
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 25 runners
29 Sep
3rd
Cork
5f – 6½f · Soft · 20 runners
18 Jul
18th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 18 runners
8 Jul
7th
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 15 runners
1 Jul
18th
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 21 runners
3 Jun
10th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 23 runners
4 May
4th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Good · 16 runners
19 Apr
DNF
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Soft · 21 runners
26 Sep
10th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 16 runners
30 Aug
🏆 Won
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 25 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 |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
6 |
1 win, 1 second, 4 other |
18 Jul |
16.7% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
5 |
1 win, 4 other |
26 Sep |
20% |
| Naas Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 third |
23 Jul |
33.3% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
29 Sep |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
8 Jul |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
7 Oct |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |