Glenashling
Glenashling is a 7-year-old with a modest record of one win and four places from 15 races, but that single victory tells a story worth paying attention to. The horse broke through at Down Royal on 17 March 2025, and it remains the only win of its career — a drought now stretching 16 months without another success. The recent form reads poorly: five and five in the last six starts before yesterday's outing, suggesting Glenashling is struggling at present and yet still racing regularly, which says something about the horse's reliability as a competitor even when results aren't falling its way.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
Keith Donoghue has been the regular pilot, with five rides aboard without a win, so there may be scope for a change of jockey to spark fresh fortune. Gavin Cromwell's yard at Navan has been in fine form this season, with 96 winners, so the horse is at least in a stable that knows how to train winners — though getting Glenashling back to the winners' enclosure looks like a job that will demand patience and the right opportunity. A win rate of roughly 1 in every 15 races means this is a modest performer, but modest horses can still pick up races if the conditions and opposition line up. For now, Glenashling remains a work in progress.
⚡ 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 4 starts (25%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
22 Jul
DNF
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
7 Jun
9th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
7 May
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 12 runners
6 Apr
2nd
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 9 runners
26 Dec
5th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 12 runners
2 Dec
5th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 18 runners
13 Nov
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 9 runners
27 Oct
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
11 Oct
3rd
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 9 runners
15 May
6th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 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 |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
7 Jun |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
3 |
3 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
26 Dec |
50% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
2 Dec |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
11 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Apr |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Dec |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
6 Apr |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Feb |
0% |