Jeroboam Machin
Jeroboam Machin is a seven-year-old with a quiet record and a very long wait between victories. With two wins from seven races, he's won roughly one in every three and a half times he's gone to post—respectable enough, but the detail matters more than the headline. His last win came at Leopardstown on February 3rd, 2024, and that was 31 months ago. In racing terms, that's a drought. A horse that hasn't tasted the winner's circle in nearly three years is either a difficult customer or approaching the end of a useful career, and the recent form—a fourth, second, third, fourth, eighth, and just last time out a first—suggests the latter may be the case.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
The second-place finish in his most recent run is the brightest spot in a dour run of results. He came to post a day ago, came second, and that's the kind of finishing placing that keeps a horse in training and occasionally gets a trainer's hopes up that another win might be round the corner. Jeroboam Machin started his career well enough, recording his first win at Fairyhouse in November 2023, but has won just once in the four and a half years since. Emmet Mullins, his trainer at Bagenalstown, has a sizeable yard—31 winners sent out this season alone—but Jeroboam Machin's return on investment, if he's being honest about it, has been modest. He's a horse who hangs around, occasionally runs well enough to place, and now, at seven years old and 31 months without a win, is asking the question every trainer dreads: is there another race in him?
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
24 Aug
4th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
29 Jul
2nd
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 21 runners
10 Jul
3rd
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
25 May
4th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
6 Apr
8th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 13 runners
3 Feb
🏆 Won
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 10 runners
24 Nov
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 8 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 |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
6 Apr |
50% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
3 Feb |
100% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
10 Jul |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 second |
29 Jul |
0% |