De Songbird
De Songbird is a three-year-old still searching for a first win after eight outings without success. The horse has managed just one placed finish—a third-position effort—across its career so far, which tells you this is an animal still learning the game or operating at a level where breaking through proves genuinely difficult. Racing for trainer
T G McCourt's yard at Stamullen in Co Meath, De Songbird hasn't found the form to trouble the judge yet, though the most recent race, just a day ago, suggests there is still active racing scheduled ahead.
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 last six runs paint a picture of inconsistency. De Songbird has finished seventh twice in that stretch, fifteenth once, and twenty-sixth another time, with that solitary placed finish somewhere in that sequence. None of those efforts screams either improvement or imminent breakthrough—this is a horse plugging away without yet delivering the goods. McCourt's yard has been productive this season with 13 winners sent out, so there is clearly expertise in the stable, but De Songbird hasn't yet been the one to benefit from it. At three years old, the horse still has time to develop, though eight races without a win suggests it may be operating in races where the competition is simply proving stronger than what De Songbird can currently muster.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Sep
7th
Punchestown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 17 runners
5 Sep
15th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 24 runners
22 Aug
26th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good · 31 runners
14 Jul
7th
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
4 Jun
7th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft_To_Heavy · 17 runners
15 May
DNF
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 15 runners
27 Apr
6th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 10 runners
15 Apr
7th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 14 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 |
|---|
| Leopardstown Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
4 Jun |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Apr |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Jul |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Aug |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Sep |
0% |