Claude
There's a pleasant consistency to Claude's career that any owner would appreciate, even if the winners' enclosure hasn't been visited as often as they might like. The five-year-old has finished in the first four on five occasions from nine races — that's a podium finish more than half the time — but has managed just the one win, which came at Wexford back in July 2025. At roughly 1 win from every 9 races (11%), Claude is the kind of horse that keeps the yard hopeful without ever quite delivering the knockout blow.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
44.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
That Wexford win remains the defining moment of the career so far. It hasn't been repeated in the six races since, and the recent form figures — a third, then a run that didn't complete, then finishes of seventh, sixth, and third — paint a picture of a horse that tries hard and finds the frame occasionally but hasn't been able to rediscover that winning feeling. The gap back to that sole victory is now a full 12 months, which makes the next win feel increasingly overdue.
Trained by Sarah Joanna Connell out of Tallow in County Waterford, Claude is part of a small yard that has sent out three winners this season — a tidy return that suggests Connell knows how to place a horse to its best advantage. Claude raced just yesterday, which means this is a horse being kept busy and in good heart. Whether a return to Wexford — the scene of that one glorious day — might be the key to unlocking another win is the question worth watching.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 Jul
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
10 May
11th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
29 Apr
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
27 Oct
7th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 8 runners
5 Oct
6th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 8 runners
7 Aug
3rd
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
24 Jul
🏆 Won
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
26 May
5th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
11 May
4th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 13 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Aidan Kelly Current Jockey
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Wexford Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
27 Oct |
50% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
16 Jul |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Oct |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Apr |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 May |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
26 May |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
7 Aug |
0% |