Chapel Lane
Chapel Lane is a 3-year-old still hunting for consistency after breaking through with a first win at Navan six weeks ago. The horse has finished in the top 3 in seven of its ten career races, which suggests it has the ability to get competitive, but converting that promise into wins has been the challenge—it has won just once from ten starts. What's encouraging is that it found that breakthrough at Navan on 2 September, and then raced again last week, finishing second. That suggests the trainer, W. McCreery, believes there is more to come.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
T Mcparland Joseph Kirwan
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The yard at Rathbride has sent out 19 winners this season, so there is genuine class in the operation. Chapel Lane runs best when the distance sits between a mile and one and a mile and two furlongs—over that trip it has a one in four win rate (1 win from 4 races), which is substantially better than its overall record. The recent form is mixed: a second place, then a sixth, followed by a first-place finish, then a second and a third before last week's run brought another second. That pattern of scattered results suggests a horse still developing and perhaps not yet suited to every type of race or ground condition it has faced. But with a trainer keen to keep it active and a recent win to build on, Chapel Lane looks like a horse with unfinished business.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 25% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 Oct
2nd
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 11 runners
26 Sep
6th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Yielding · 9 runners
2 Sep
🏆 Won
Navan
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
21 Aug
2nd
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 runners
9 Jul
3rd
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
26 Jun
DNF
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 22 runners
29 May
6th
Down Royal
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
9 Oct
3rd
Thurles
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
21 Aug
7th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good · 12 runners
13 Jul
3rd
Navan
5f – 6½f · Good · 18 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 |
|---|
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
2 Sep |
50% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
9 Jul |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
21 Aug |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
16 Oct |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
9 Oct |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |