Lust
Lust has been a familiar sight on Irish racetracks for nearly three years without a win, a span that stretches back to May 2022 when the horse won at Naas. That victory came on the back of an earlier success at Gowran Park in October 2021—two wins from 29 races tells you this is a horse that has never quite managed to put things together consistently. With a 7% win rate and a recent run of six races without a place, Lust is firmly in the category of horses that show just enough ability to keep racing but not enough to trouble the winners' enclosure regularly.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Trainer
Conor David Maxwell
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
At eight years old, Lust is solid middle-aged for a racehorse, and the record suggests a horse best suited to lower-level races where the margins between competitors are smallest. The placing record—seven places from 29 races—indicates occasional competitiveness, but the 53-month drought since that last win at Naas is telling. Trainer Conor David Maxwell's Stamullen yard has managed seven winners this season, but Lust remains stubbornly among the harder cases. Sean Bird has been the horse's most frequent jockey, riding in 13 of its races without managing a winner, a partnership that has clearly not struck gold. With a race just yesterday and still active, Lust continues in the kind of quiet, grinding existence many horses have in this sport—a regular on the racecourse, but never quite the main event.
⚡ 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 8 starts (12%)
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
9 Sep
DNF
Cork
7f – 1m · Good · 25 runners
1 Sep
8th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 19 runners
18 Jun
DNF
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 18 runners
5 Jun
3rd
Fairyhouse
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
21 Oct
19th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 24 runners
20 Oct
11th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 16 runners
13 Oct
5th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Soft · 18 runners
11 Sep
10th
Clonmel
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 17 runners
1 Sep
8th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Soft · 18 runners
3 Nov
20th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Yielding_To_Soft · 26 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 |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 1 third, 2 other |
13 Oct |
25% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
1 Sep |
33.3% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
21 Oct |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
3 |
3 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
2 |
2 seconds |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
2 other |
28 Oct |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
22 Dec |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
18 Jun |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Sep |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Oct |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Sep |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |