Lariat
Lariat is a 10-year-old horse that has spent more than half a decade chasing the kind of success it found once, back in April 2022 at Bellewstown. That single victory remains the high point of a 61-race career—a win rate of roughly 1 in every 50 races. Over 15 placings, the horse has picked up some money and recognition, but the gap between that one triumph and everything since tells its own story: Lariat is a genuine stayer, tough enough to finish in the prizes far more often than it wins, but not quite good enough to break through again.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Martin John Kavanagh
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The numbers suggest a horse that belongs in races against modest opposition and has found its distance in longer races between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, where it has won 1 from 29 attempts. Its partnership with jockey Adam Caffrey—0 wins from 12 rides together—has not changed that pattern. Trained by Liam P Cusack at Mountrath in County Laois, Lariat remains actively raced; it ran just a day ago, finishing 12th, continuing a run of six races without a win. It has not visited the winner's enclosure in 54 months. For a horse still in training at this age and still being sent to the track regularly, that kind of drought is a test of patience, but Lariat's willingness to place so often suggests the yard believes there is still a race to be won somewhere.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 21 starts (5%)
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 3% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 13 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 11 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Dundalk in 13 attempts
⚠ Yet to win at Navan in 9 attempts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 27 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Tight tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Sep
12th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
15 Aug
8th
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
24 Jul
DNF
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
7 Jul
2nd
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
7 Jun
7th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Good · 16 runners
12 May
DNF
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
30 Oct
9th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
22 Oct
7th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 26 runners
29 Sep
9th
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
29 Aug
5th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
13 |
2 seconds, 2 thirds, 9 other |
14 Dec |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
9 |
1 third, 8 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
5 |
1 win, 1 third, 3 other |
3 Jul |
20% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
17 Mar |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
24 Feb |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
24 Jul |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
16 Jan |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
7 Apr |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 Jul |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
15 Aug |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
30 Oct |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
31 May |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
13 Jul |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Aug |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Sep |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
31 May |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Jul |
0% |