Gatehouse Boy
Gatehouse Boy is a 6-year-old who has taken a long time to find the winner's enclosure. With just one win from ten races across his career, he wins roughly once every ten outings — a modest record that speaks to a horse who finds competition tough. That breakthrough victory came at Limerick on 29 May 2025, but it has been a frustrating seventeen months since he last tasted success, despite being actively raced throughout that period.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
Recent form offers little encouragement. Over his last six races, he has finished 11th, 5th, unplaced, 15th, 1st, and 12th — a wildly inconsistent string of results that suggests a horse still searching for his level. The single top-3 finish in that run was that solitary win, which remains his only bright spot in an otherwise disappointing stretch. He raced just a day ago and remains in work, so his trainer P J Rothwell, based at Tinahely in County Wicklow, is still looking for improvement. The yard itself is in decent form this season with 35 winners, so there is at least competent horsemanship behind the scenes. Still, Gatehouse Boy has not convinced that better days lie ahead. At six years old with minimal winning form and a seventeen-month drought since his last victory, patience with this horse is likely wearing thin.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
11th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
25 Sep
5th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
17 Jul
DNF
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 17 runners
3 Jul
15th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
29 May
🏆 Won
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 20 runners
17 Apr
12th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
3 Apr
10th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 20 runners
22 Mar
11th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 20 runners
15 Mar
12th
Thurles
1m6f – 2m · Good · 19 runners
20 Feb
10th
Punchestown
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 12 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 |
|---|
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
29 May |
100% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
17 Apr |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Apr |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jul |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
25 Sep |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
15 Mar |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |