Miss Abby Jools
Miss Abby Jools has had the kind of racing career that keeps hopes flickering without ever quite catching fire. The six-year-old has won three times from 29 races—roughly one win in every ten attempts—and finished in the top 3 another nine times, a record that speaks to a horse capable of competing but struggling to close out the details. That last win came at Limerick on 14 June 2023, more than two and a half years ago, and the recent form makes grim reading: a string of eleventh, eleventh, second, fourth, eighth, and fifth place finishes across her last six races. She has been away for three months, and returns to action now with real questions about whether time away from the track will help or simply deepen the losing run.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
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Gowran Park
About 1 mile · Unknown · 19 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Where Miss Abby Jools does show some edge is on her preferred conditions. She wins on normal ground at roughly 1 in every 6 races (2 wins from 12)—a notable uplift from her overall rate—and she has turned Dundalk into something like a second home, winning 2 of her 11 races there. That track specialist record suggests she suits that venue's unique surface and setup, even if she hasn't broken through there for a while. Ronan Whelan has been her regular partner, but has managed only a single win from 11 rides together, a 9% rate that lags slightly behind her overall numbers.
Timothy Doyle trains Miss Abby Jools from Moyne in County Tipperary, a small yard that sent out just two winners in the current season before her return. She is a horse who has shown enough to stay in work but not enough to be considered a reliable betting prospect. A return to Dundalk on normal ground might offer her the best chance to rediscover the winning formula that eluded her for nearly three years.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 2 wins from 12 starts (17%)
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Returning from a 107-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Dec
11th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
23 Sep
11th
Listowel
7f – 1m · Heavy · 16 runners
2 Sep
2nd
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
23 Jul
4th
Naas
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 21 runners
15 Jun
8th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 19 runners
16 Apr
5th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 11 runners
21 Mar
5th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
7 Feb
3rd
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
27 Nov
6th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
20 Nov
2nd
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 14 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
11 |
2 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, 4 other |
12 Dec |
18.2% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
2 Sep |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
22 Jun |
50% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
7 Aug |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
13 Aug |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
28 Jun |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 May |
0% |
| Laytown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Sep |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jul |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |