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Eternal Echo

There's a horse in here that genuinely knows what it's doing under the right conditions — the trouble is those conditions haven't come together often enough lately. Eternal Echo is a five-year-old with 2 wins and 5 places from 12 races, a record that translates to winning roughly 1 in every 6 races overall. That's a modest headline number, but dig a little deeper and a more interesting picture emerges.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
5 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Fascinating Rock
Mother
Expect Amazing
Owner
O'Leary Behan Partnership
Rating
63

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
12
Career races
2
Wins
16.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
41.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
Auto-Generated

The most striking thing about Eternal Echo is what happens when the ground gets wet. On soft or muddy going, this horse has won 2 of just 4 races — a 50% win rate that is genuinely impressive. That's not a fluke, that's a pattern. Some horses are built for wet ground, grinding through the mud where others are struggling to keep their footing, and Eternal Echo appears to be one of them. It also seems to find its best form over longer trips, between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, where it has won 1 from 4 — a 25% win rate over distances that suit a horse with stamina rather than pure speed.

The career arc has two clear landmarks. The first win came at Naas in February 2025, and then a second followed at Cork in April 2025 — suggesting a horse hitting a purple patch in the spring of last year. Since that Cork win, however, Eternal Echo has gone 14 months without a victory across 6 races, a run that includes a couple of blanks and nothing better than a place. The recent form reading of 12-–-12-9 tells a story of a horse that has finished in the frame but hasn't been able to push through to the front. That said, this horse raced just yesterday, so it is very much in active training and still being aimed at opportunities.

The question for anyone watching Eternal Echo is simple: are the right conditions on the horizon? A wet-ground forecast over a trip of a mile and a half or more could be exactly what brings this horse back to life. It has done it before — twice, in fact — and on those terms, a win rate of 1 in 2 races is the kind of number that makes a horse well worth keeping an eye on.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on soft ground: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%)
Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 25% win rate

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Loves
Long Distance (2M+)
1M1F – 1M2F
Unknown
1M3F – 1M4F
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Jun
12th
Ballinrobe
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 17 runners
20 May
DNF
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
24 Apr
12th
Cork
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
9 Apr
9th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 17 runners
7 Feb
DNF
Naas
1m6f – 2m · Soft_To_Heavy · 12 runners
14 Dec
DNF
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 15 runners
24 Sep
4th
Perth
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
11 Sep
3rd
Clonmel
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 12 runners
20 Apr
🏆 Won
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
23 Mar
3rd
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 10 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
Calum Hogan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Shane O'Callaghan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Declan McDonogh Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Cork
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 24 Apr 50%
Naas
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 7 Feb 50%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 2 other 20 May 0%
Perth
Galloping
1 1 other 24 Sep 0%
Navan
Galloping
1 1 other 14 Dec 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
1 1 second 2 Mar 0%
Ballinrobe
Sharp
1 1 other 22 Jun 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 third 23 Mar 0%
Clonmel
Sharp
1 1 third 11 Sep 0%