La Tulipe Noire
La Tulipe Noire is a 6-year-old who has spent nearly five years racing on a modest budget, winning just 3 of its 47 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 16 starts. The most recent evidence backs that up. In the last six races, it has not won once, finishing 6th, 7th, 11th, then 7th and 8th again. La Tulipe Noire is clearly still sound and still racing, with a run just a day ago, but the pattern is one of slow decline rather than recovery.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 one bright spot in its record is the partnership with jockey Jessica O'Gorman, who has ridden the horse 12 times and won on it twice — a win rate of 17 percent. That is noticeably better than the horse's overall figures, suggesting the pairing works. The horse also has a distance sweet spot: at races of around 1 mile 1 furlong to 1 mile 2 furlongs, it has won 2 of 18 races (11 percent), which is roughly double its career win rate. Both of those victories came in 2022 and 2025, with the most recent a win at Roscommon in October 2025 — now a full year in the past.
Trained by Aengus King at Nemarket-On-Fergus in County Clare, La Tulipe Noire remains in a small yard that has sent out five winners this season. At this stage of its career, the horse is what it is: a mid-field campaigner that may occasionally pop up at the right track over the right distance with the right jockey, but is unlikely to progress much further. Its career earnings suggest a horse that operates firmly in the lower ranks, and recent form indicates the well may be running dry.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
✔ Excellent record on yielding ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 11% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 12 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Galway in 7 attempts
⚠ Struggles on RH Tight tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Undulating tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Yielding to soft (damp)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Oct
6th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Soft · 23 runners
12 Oct
7th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Soft · 14 runners
22 Sep
11th
Listowel
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 12 runners
16 May
DNF
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
8 May
7th
Ballinrobe
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
4 May
8th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Good · 16 runners
25 Apr
5th
Limerick
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 15 runners
8 Apr
9th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Soft · 17 runners
15 Mar
10th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 29 runners
23 Nov
8th
Cork
1m6f – 2m · Yielding_To_Soft · 13 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 |
|---|
| Galway Tight |
7 |
1 third, 6 other |
27 Oct |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
6 |
1 win, 5 other |
28 Feb |
16.7% |
| Cork Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 3 other |
23 Nov |
25% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
4 |
1 win, 3 other |
12 Oct |
25% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
4 |
1 third, 3 other |
15 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
8 May |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
3 other |
8 Apr |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
16 May |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
26 Aug |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
25 Apr |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
17 Apr |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 May |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
29 Nov |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
25 Jun |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Sep |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
7 Aug |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 Jul |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Nov |
0% |