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Jazzy Dancer

Eight years old and still turning up week after week, Jazzy Dancer is the kind of horse that earns your respect through sheer persistence. Across 51 races, this horse has won 4 times and placed on 16 other occasions — that's a win rate of roughly 1 in every 13 races, which sounds modest until you consider how many horses never win at all. The career record tells the story of a solid, reliable competitor rather than a star, but one that keeps finding ways to be involved.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Red Jazz
Mother
Gist
Trainer
Owner
W J Martin
Rating
52

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
51
Career races
4
Wins
7.8%
Win rate
avg ~10%
31.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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The most recent win came at Dundalk on 13 February 2026, about four months ago, and that result matters. Dundalk is Ireland's all-weather track, racing under floodlights on a synthetic surface, and horses that click with it tend to return to it again and again. Winning there suggests Jazzy Dancer has at least one reliable setting where the conditions suit. The first career win came back in June 2022 at Naas, so this horse has been collecting victories across several years rather than firing in a brief purple patch — that kind of longevity is genuinely rare.

Recent form reads 7-11-2-1-14-6 from the last six races, and that second place and win buried in the middle of that sequence show the ability is still there, even if the last couple of runs have been quieter. Crucially, Jazzy Dancer raced just one day ago — this is a horse in the thick of an active campaign right now.

The regular partnership with jockey Luke McAteer adds some consistency to the picture. Together they've won 1 from 11 races — roughly 1 in every 11 — which is modest, but the fact they keep coming back together suggests the team at W J Martin's yard in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, trust the combination. Martin's operation has sent out 2 winners so far this season, so Jazzy Dancer accounts for a significant share of what the yard has been producing lately. That's not a small thing — when a smaller yard backs a horse repeatedly, it usually means they believe in what they've got.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Course specialist at Dundalk: 3 wins from 29 starts (10%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Yet to win at Cork in 5 attempts
Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Good (firm-ish)
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
5F – 6½F
7F – 1M
Ok
1M1F – 1M2F
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
28 May
7th
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Good · 21 runners
27 Mar
11th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 15 runners
13 Mar
2nd
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
13 Feb
🏆 Won
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
17 Dec
14th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
21 Nov
6th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 17 runners
12 Nov
3rd
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
24 Oct
6th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 17 runners
8 Oct
5th
Navan
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 19 runners
30 Sep
9th
Cork
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 11 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Luke McAteer Current Jockey
9.1%
Win rate
1/11
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/9
Won / Rode
Willie Byrne
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
Darragh O'Sullivan
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
Patrick McGettigan
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Dundalk
Galloping
29 3 wins, 3 seconds, 7 thirds, 16 other 27 Mar 10.3%
Naas
Galloping
6 1 win, 2 thirds, 3 other 11 May 16.7%
Cork
Galloping
5 5 other 30 Sep 0%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
3 3 other 28 May 0%
Navan
Galloping
3 3 other 8 Oct 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
2 2 other 7 Jun 0%
Thurles
Undulating
1 1 other 7 Oct 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
1 1 other 18 Oct 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
1 1 other 2 Apr 0%