How Decc
How Decc is a horse that has found the winning post elusive across a long career. The 8-year-old has contested 21 races without a victory, though it has managed three top-3 finishes along the way—a modest record that speaks to a horse operating at a modest level of the sport. Its recent form tells a similar story: a third-place finish three races ago represents its last top-3 finish, with more recent outings seeing it finish fourth, thirteenth, and tenth. Most worryingly, it was out competing just one day ago, which suggests the horse remains actively campaigned despite that prolonged losing streak.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Miss Heather Heffernan
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Cian Quirke has been How Decc's most frequent partner, but the partnership has yielded no victories from seven rides together. The horse is trained by James Andrew Fahey at Stradbally in County Laois, a yard that has managed five winners this season—a reasonable tally that shows the trainer is capable of getting horses to the winner's circle, even if How Decc has not been one of them. At this stage of the horse's career and given its record, How Decc appears to be a journeyman racer, the kind that turns out regularly but rarely troubles the judge, filling out the fields that make racing possible.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
4th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
2 Oct
DNF
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
28 Nov
13th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 20 runners
18 Aug
10th
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
6 Aug
DNF
Roscommon
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 17 runners
26 Jul
3rd
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
2 Jul
9th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
15 Jun
DNF
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
31 May
6th
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 runners
11 Apr
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 17 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 |
|---|
| Tipperary Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
26 Jul |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
15 May |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
6 Aug |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
11 Apr |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
18 Aug |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
15 Jun |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Oct |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
30 Sep |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
28 Nov |
0% |