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Midnight Dusk

Three wins from just eight races is a remarkable return for any horse, but for a three-year-old still finding its feet, it tells you this is a horse going places. Midnight Dusk has won 3 of its 8 career races — roughly 3 in every 8 outings — and has never been far away, picking up a place on five of those occasions. In short, it has finished in the first three in almost every race it has entered.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Age
3 years old
Sex
Colt
Colour
Grey
Father
Havana Grey
Mother
Midnight Flower
Trainer
Owner
Donnchadh Doyle
Official rating
81

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
8
Career races
3
Wins
37.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
62.5%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
113 days
Since last race

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
TrackLab's detailed breakdown

The recent form makes for genuinely exciting reading. Two wins from the last six races, with the sequence reading 3-3-5-9-1-1 going back from the most recent — so after a couple of mid-pack finishes, Midnight Dusk has come home in front twice on the bounce. The most recent of those wins came at The Curragh just this week, on 27 June 2026. The Curragh is Ireland's most prestigious flat racing venue, the place where the country's best horses tend to meet, so winning there as a three-year-old is not something to gloss over. It suggests Midnight Dusk is stepping up rather than flattening out.

The career began to take shape back on 19 December 2025 at Dundalk, an all-weather track that races year-round under floodlights — a useful place to get a young horse learning its trade in the winter months. That first win gave the team at Jack Foley's yard in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, something real to work with. Foley's operation has sent out four winners this season, and Midnight Dusk accounts for a sizeable chunk of that tally, which speaks to how central this horse has become to the yard's season.

At three years old and in the middle of a winning run, the story here is one of momentum. Horses can peak young, plateau, or keep climbing — right now, everything about Midnight Dusk's profile points upward.

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
5F – 6½F
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Left-handed, long straights
Ok

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
27 Jun
🏆 Won
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 17 runners
12 Jun
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Good · 13 runners
16 May
9th
Navan
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
9 May
5th
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
4 Apr
3rd
Cork
5f – 6½f · Soft · 8 runners
13 Mar
3rd
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 5 runners
19 Dec
🏆 Won
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 15 runners
10 Sep
6th
Cork
5f – 6½f · Yielding_To_Soft · 14 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
Dundalk
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 third 13 Mar 50%
Cork
Galloping
2 1 third, 1 other 4 Apr 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
1 1 win 27 Jun 100%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
1 1 win 12 Jun 100%
Naas
Galloping
1 1 other 9 May 0%
Navan
Galloping
1 1 other 16 May 0%