Gatsby Grey
Gatsby Grey has been racing for nearly three years without finding a winner, and that drought tells you everything about this ten-year-old's place in the sport. The horse has won only twice in 23 races—roughly once every 11 or 12 attempts—and the second of those victories came way back in March 2022 at Naas. Since then, nothing. That's 53 months without a win, and while Gatsby Grey continues to turn up and race, the form has been thin: a ninth place finish just yesterday, and nothing better than a sixth in the six most recent outings.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Keep The Faith Bloodstock Limited
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
17.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Working regularly with jockey Phillip Enright has not helped matters. They have raced together 12 times without a single victory, though Enright pilots Gatsby Grey often enough to suggest the partnership is trusted if not rewarded. Oliver McKiernan's Rathcoole yard has found success elsewhere this season—six winners sent out—but Gatsby Grey remains on the harder end of the spectrum: a genuine raceday sort, the kind that shows up, runs respectably sometimes, and leaves without troubling the judge. At ten years old, with two wins across 23 races and nothing in the win column for four and a half years, this is simply a horse going through the motions. Still sound enough to race, still willing to try, but no longer a story about anything other than endurance.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
✔ Excellent record on heavy ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft 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)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
7 Aug
9th
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
24 Apr
DNF
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
12 Apr
DNF
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
12 Mar
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 7 runners
26 Dec
6th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 7 runners
2 Dec
10th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 18 runners
20 Nov
11th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 11 runners
3 Nov
18th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 23 runners
3 Aug
DNF
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 21 runners
13 Jul
5th
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Leopardstown Galloping |
4 |
1 third, 3 other |
13 Jul |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
12 Mar |
33.3% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
27 Apr |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
31 Mar |
50% |
| Thurles Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
20 Nov |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
7 Aug |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Nov |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Nov |
0% |
| Aintree Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Dec |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
24 Apr |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
3 Aug |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 May |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Apr |
0% |