Magny Cours
Magny Cours is a three-year-old still finding its feet at the track, with two wins from nine races so far. The horse has shown enough promise to suggest it knows how to win — that 22% win rate means it crosses the line first roughly once every five attempts — but it has been inconsistent over its recent runs. Looking at the last six races, there was a win this week at Cork on 30 August, but before that came a fifth-place finish and an eighth-place effort that suggest the horse can be unreliable on any given day.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
66.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The Cork win is encouraging because it came at a distance where Magny Cours plainly prefers to run. At distances between seven furlongs and a mile, the horse has won 1 of its 3 races, a win rate of 33 per cent — meaningfully better than its overall record. This is the kind of sweet spot that trainers spend months trying to pinpoint, and Daniel McLoughlin's Newbridge yard appears to have found it. McLoughlin has had a decent season with nine winners sent out, so the horse is in a competent operation.
Ben Coen has partnered Magny Cours six times, winning once, which is not a glowing endorsement of their chemistry — a 17% partnership win rate is below the horse's overall average. That said, the partnership is still developing, and consistency at the track often takes time. With the Cork win this week and the right distance now clearly identified, Magny Cours has the ingredients to become a more reliable winner. It is still a young horse with room to improve, but it is one worth keeping an eye on.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on yielding ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Aug
🏆 Won
Cork
7f – 1m · Yielding · 14 runners
24 May
DNF
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
12 Apr
2nd
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good_To_Yielding · 15 runners
28 Sep
5th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Soft · 9 runners
14 Sep
2nd
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 16 runners
30 Aug
8th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
23 Jul
3rd
Naas
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 8 runners
20 Jun
14th
Ascot
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 17 runners
1 Jun
🏆 Won
Listowel
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 9 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
4 |
1 second, 3 other |
24 May |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
30 Aug |
100% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
1 Jun |
100% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jun |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
12 Apr |
0% |