Joy Of Life
8-year-old gelding with 1 win from 15 runs who runs best on very soft, almost heavy ground.
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft_to_heavy ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 331-day absence
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Soft to heavy (wet)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
2 May
DNF
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 5 runners
14 Apr
13th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
23 Nov
11th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
5 Nov
DNF
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 21 runners
1 May
DNF
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 13 runners
16 Apr
7th
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 17 runners
6 Apr
DNF
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 8 runners
12 Mar
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 14 runners
16 Feb
2nd
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 8 runners
7 Jan
🏆 Won
Cork
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 |
|---|
| Clonmel Sharp |
4 |
2 seconds, 2 other |
6 Apr |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
5 Nov |
33.3% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
12 Mar |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
14 Apr |
0% |
| Cheltenham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 May |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 Oct |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 Apr |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
23 Nov |
0% |