Magic Day
Magic Day broke through at Kilbeggan in April 2025 and has been chasing that feeling ever since. The seven-year-old has raced 14 times for just the one win, collecting seven places along the way — a modest return that speaks to a horse operating at a level where victory is genuinely hard to come by. Since that breakthrough win 17 months ago, Magic Day has managed only minor placings, with three second-place finishes among six recent races. The most telling sign of struggle came just a day ago: a 15th-place finish that suggests the horse is finding life increasingly difficult on the track.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
Darragh O'Keeffe has been the regular pilot, combining with Magic Day nine times and landing that single win. At roughly 1 win in every 9 rides together, O'Keeffe's record with the horse mirrors the overall picture — decent partnership but short on winners. Magic Day runs for trainer Ian Patrick Donoghue at Clonalvy in County Meath, a yard that has sent out 29 winners this season, a sign of solid competence. The distance between Donoghue's overall success rate and Magic Day's lonely win suggests this particular horse sits toward the lower end of the yard's capabilities, the kind of persistent trier that keeps coming back but rarely gets its head in front. For a seven-year-old at this level, those odds of another win are growing longer with every race that passes.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on yielding ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Sep
3rd
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
21 Aug
4th
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
24 Jul
2nd
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
13 Jun
6th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
20 Apr
3rd
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
11 Jan
15th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 16 runners
20 Dec
5th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 12 runners
26 Oct
8th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 15 runners
1 May
18th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
25 Apr
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 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 |
|---|
| Kilbeggan Tight |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 other |
21 Aug |
33.3% |
| Navan Galloping |
3 |
2 thirds, 1 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
11 Jan |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
20 Dec |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
26 Oct |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
20 Apr |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |