Forty Coats
Forty Coats is a 7-year-old horse that has tasted victory only once in eight races, a win at Naas back in April 2024 that now sits two years in the past. That single success feels like ancient history in racing terms. Since then, the horse has finished in the money five times — places that show it has never been entirely out of contention — but the wins have simply not come. Over the last six races, Forty Coats has registered two second-place finishes and a third, along with a pair of seventh-place efforts, the kind of form that suggests a horse hovering around mid-field but struggling to close the door on rivals.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 partnership with jockey Darragh O'Keeffe has yielded no winners across seven rides, a statistic that hints at a relationship that, whatever its merits, has not yet produced the spark needed. At the same time, Henry De Bromhead's Knockeen yard is a powerhouse — the trainer has sent out 106 winners this season alone — so Forty Coats operates in an environment where success is clearly possible. The horse raced just 18 days ago and remains active, suggesting the yard sees enough promise to keep it in work despite the extended drought since that April 2024 victory. Whether Forty Coats can rediscover that winning touch, or whether it has settled into life as a consistent but ultimately unrewarding middle-distance performer, remains the open question.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
11 Mar
7th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 24 runners
18 Jan
3rd
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 11 runners
29 Dec
7th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 12 runners
12 Mar
4th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
18 Jan
2nd
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 9 runners
10 Dec
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
16 Nov
2nd
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
4 Apr
🏆 Won
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 7 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 |
|---|
| Cheltenham Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
11 Mar |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 seconds |
18 Jan |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
4 Apr |
100% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
10 Dec |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Dec |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
18 Jan |
0% |