Methgal
Methgal has taken a while to get off the mark, but the four-year-old is at least heading in the right direction. Across 16 races, the horse has managed 1 win and 4 places — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 16 outings — which is modest, but that single victory, landed at Dundalk on 27 March 2026, gives the team something to build on. Dundalk is an all-weather track that runs year-round in Ireland, and getting a winner there suggests Methgal handles that kind of surface well.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
25%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Trained by P J F Murphy out of Castlecomer in County Kilkenny, Methgal is part of a yard that has sent out 4 winners already this season, so Murphy clearly knows how to place a horse when the moment is right. The recent form makes for interesting reading: two seconds and a ninth and a twelfth either side of that win tell the story of a horse that is consistently threatening without always delivering — competitive enough to hit the frame, but not yet doing it with any regularity. At seven furlongs to a mile, Methgal has won 1 from 9 races (11%), and that distance range looks like the sweet spot worth watching.
With a race just yesterday, Methgal is very much in active campaigning mode. A horse that has found the winner's enclosure once, placed four times, and is still racing regularly at four is one that the yard — sorry, that the yard — clearly believe still has something to offer. Whether that March win was a turning point or a one-off is the question worth asking next time Methgal lines up.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 11% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
31 May
12th
Listowel
7f – 1m · Good · 18 runners
4 May
9th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Good · 16 runners
15 Apr
2nd
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Yielding · 17 runners
10 Apr
2nd
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 13 runners
27 Mar
🏆 Won
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 15 runners
30 Jan
8th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 15 runners
9 Jan
4th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 15 runners
20 Oct
10th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Heavy · 18 runners
17 Oct
8th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 13 runners
21 Jul
10th
Ballinrobe
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 12 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
5 |
1 win, 1 second, 3 other |
10 Apr |
20% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
20 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jul |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
31 May |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
3 Aug |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jul |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 May |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |