Joshua Chamberlain
Joshua Chamberlain is a 9-year-old who has been racing for over three years without finding the winner's circle again. The horse has one win to its name—a breakthrough victory at Tramore back in August 2023—and five places from 17 races overall, a win rate that amounts to winning roughly once every 17 attempts. That long drought since the last win, now stretching past three years, tells the story of a horse that has spent most of its career chasing rather than winning.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
J R Robinson Mrs E Keane
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The recent form shows some inconsistency. Joshua Chamberlain came home third just a day ago, which is solid enough, and earlier this month managed a second-place finish. But earlier in the sequence there was an eleventh-place finish and a couple of runs where it drifted further back. Gerard Keane's yard at Trim, in County Meath, has been a respectable operation this season with ten winners, but Joshua Chamberlain has not been one of them.
Jockey Ricky Doyle has partnered the horse eight times, winning once together—a slightly better rate than the overall record suggests, at roughly one win in every eight races. Whether that partnership might be the key to unlocking another win is unclear, but eight races is still a modest sample. At nine years old and with only one victory since 2023, Joshua Chamberlain remains a horse that tries hard enough to place occasionally but has never quite managed to put a string of wins together.
⚡ 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 8 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
7 Sep
3rd
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 23 runners
24 Aug
2nd
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
21 Jul
4th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
13 May
11th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 22 runners
28 Aug
5th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
18 Aug
🏆 Won
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
14 Aug
5th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
8 Jul
6th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
17 Jun
3rd
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 13 runners
13 Jun
8th
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 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 |
3 other |
13 May |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
3 |
2 thirds, 1 other |
28 Aug |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
7 Sep |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
18 Aug |
100% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Feb |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
8 Jul |
0% |