Insouciant Dallier
Insouciant Dallier is an 8-year-old who has spent most of his racing life doing just enough to keep people interested without ever quite delivering the big moment — until Sligo came along last October. That win on 24 October 2025 was his first in 14 attempts, and at a win rate of roughly 1 in every 14 races, it was a long time coming. Four placed finishes along the way suggest he's not short of ability, just perhaps a horse who makes you work for it.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Gleannnacoille Partnership
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Trained by James Andrew Fahey out of Stradbally in County Laois, he runs for a yard that has sent out five winners this season, so there's clearly something working on the training front. Fahey has him active and busy — Insouciant Dallier raced just three days ago, which tells you the team believes there's more to come, even if recent form has been patchy. His last six runs read 6-8-2-6-1-8, which is the kind of sequence that will test a fan's patience: a second place, then a win, then two runs where he barely figured. That's the frustrating reality of a horse operating at this level.
The Sligo win was five months ago now, and at eight years old, the window for adding to that tally isn't unlimited. But the fact he's still in training, still racing regularly, and showed he could win as recently as last autumn means the story isn't over yet. Whether he can find a race that suits him as well as that day at Sligo did remains the question.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
26 Mar
6th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 14 runners
22 Feb
8th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 12 runners
29 Jan
2nd
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 10 runners
1 Jan
6th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 25 runners
24 Oct
🏆 Won
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 9 runners
14 May
8th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
1 Jan
DNF
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 11 runners
13 Dec
11th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 16 runners
5 Mar
5th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 11 runners
15 Jan
7th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 11 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 |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
1 Jan |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 second |
24 Oct |
50% |
| Thurles Undulating |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
29 Jan |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
14 May |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Dec |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jan |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jan |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
26 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Feb |
0% |