Carrigg Island
Carrigg Island is a 6-year-old that broke through for a maiden win at Limerick back in April 2025, but has found the winner's circle painfully hard to locate since. In seven career races, the horse has managed just one victory and three placings—a win rate of roughly 1 in every 7 races—and that sole success came nearly eighteen months ago. The recent form tells the story of a horse treading water: across its last six outings, Carrigg Island has finished tenth, third, fifth, fifth, second, and fifth. That second-place finish shows the horse can still get close to winning, but it keeps coming up just short when it counts.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Matthew B Oconnor Ciaran Oconnor Mossie Oconnor
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Trainer Eoin Christopher McCarthy, who runs his yard out of Athea in County Limerick, has had decent season overall with fifteen winners sent out, but Carrigg Island has become a tricky puzzle. The horse was last out just a day ago and remains actively campaigned, which suggests McCarthy still sees potential there. Whether that potential translates back into the winner's enclosure is another matter. For a horse at this stage of its career, eighteen months between wins is a long drought, and unless something shifts in its running style or race placement, Carrigg Island looks destined to remain a regular place-getter rather than a genuine winning proposition.
⚡ 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%)
🎯 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
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
24 Sep
10th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 21 runners
18 Oct
3rd
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 7 runners
27 Sep
5th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 7 runners
31 Jul
5th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
6 Jun
2nd
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 4 runners
12 May
5th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 5 runners
10 Apr
🏆 Won
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 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 |
|---|
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
18 Oct |
50% |
| Listowel Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
6 Jun |
0% |