Moments of Joy
Moments of Joy broke through with a win at Leopardstown in June 2025, but the 3-year-old has found it tougher since. The horse won one of its first three races at distances between seven furlongs and a mile, showing real promise at that trip, but has now gone sixteen months without another victory. Since that Leopardstown success, Moments of Joy has picked up three place finishes from nine runs overall—a win rate of roughly 1 in 9 races—yet the recent form tells a starker story: sixth, fifth, fourth, sixth, and fifth in the last five completed races, with just one outing in the past month. That's a tough stretch for any horse, and there's a sense of wheels spinning without grip.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor Derrick Smith
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🏁 Next race
Today
Leopardstown
About 1.2 miles · Good ground · 11 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What keeps Moments of Joy interesting is the pedigree of the yard behind it. Trainer Aidan O'Brien, based at Cashel in County Tipperary, has sent out 125 winners already this season—the volume and consistency of a master operator. O'Brien has signalled serious intent, recently noting that Moments of Joy ran well last season, finishing fifth in the Fillies' Mile behind Precise, a top-class rival. The trainer's plan is to run the horse in a trial race ahead of either the Guineas or Oaks—two of the biggest races in the British and Irish racing calendar for three-year-olds. That kind of ambition, backed by a yard of O'Brien's calibre, suggests the team still sees something worth developing in Moments of Joy, even if the recent form has been modest. Whether a step up in class or a change of distance can reignite what showed promise eighteen months ago remains to be seen.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
11 Oct
6th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 16 runners
30 Jul
5th
Goodwood
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 5 runners
13 May
4th
York
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 6 runners
3 Apr
6th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 10 runners
10 Oct
5th
Newmarket
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 11 runners
3 Oct
DNF
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
30 Aug
2nd
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 7 runners
21 Jun
3rd
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 9 runners
5 Jun
🏆 Won
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good · 8 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 |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
3 Apr |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
5 Jun |
100% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 May |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
21 Jun |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Oct |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Oct |
0% |