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Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel is a 5-year-old who took his time finding the winner's enclosure but got there in the end, breaking through at Killarney in August 2025 after eight attempts. That's not unusual at this level — plenty of horses need a run or two (or eight) to put everything together — but it does mean every race before that win was teaching him something. Whether he's learned enough to kick on from here is the interesting question.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
5 years old
Sex
Horse
Father
Galileo
Mother
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Owner
Patrick John O'Brien & J Carthy & M G Hogan

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
9
Career races
1
Wins
11.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
44.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
52 days
Since last race

🏁 Next Race

Today
About 2 miles · Soft, spongy ground · 28 runners

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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The Killarney win came over two miles or more, which lines up neatly with where his numbers are strongest. In longer races, he's won 1 from 3 — roughly 1 in every 3 attempts — compared to a career-wide record of 1 win and 4 places from 9 races overall, which works out at just over 1 in every 9. That gap tells a real story: give him a proper test of stamina and he becomes a different proposition.

His recent form reads 13-9-10-1-3-2 — that's the last six runs listed from most recent back to oldest. The two finishes at the sharp end of that sequence, the win and a second, sit together and hint at a horse that was genuinely coming into form around August. The three figures before that (13th, 9th, 10th) are harder to put a positive spin on, which is why the break he's had — 52 days since his last race — might actually suit. It gives trainer Denis Gerard Hogan time to plot a careful comeback rather than chasing form on the back of those disappointing runs.

Hogan operates out of Cloughjordan in County Tipperary and has had a productive season, sending out 58 winners. That's a yard that knows how to get horses ready to win, which matters when you're trying to build on a first career success rather than let momentum slip. The task now is finding the right race — almost certainly over a long distance — that lets Mont St Michel show the version of himself that showed up at Killarney, rather than the one that finished ninth and tenth earlier in the summer.

Strengths & Risks AI Analysis

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 33% win rate

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Yielding to soft
Soft (muddy)
Heavy (very wet)
Yielding
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
1M1F – 1M2F
1M6F – 2M
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Left-handed, tight turning
Right-handed, tight
Right-handed, undulating
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
5 Feb
13th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 21 runners
26 Dec
9th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 21 runners
21 Oct
10th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 15 runners
22 Aug
🏆 Won
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
30 Jul
3rd
Galway
1m6f – 2m · Yielding_To_Soft · 21 runners
15 Jul
2nd
Killarney
1m6f – 2m · Yielding_To_Soft · 9 runners
16 May
4th
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 5 runners
22 Jun
2nd
Limerick
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
7 Oct
10th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 16 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
D G Hogan Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Killarney
Sharp
2 1 win, 1 second 22 Aug 50%
The Curragh
Galloping
2 2 other 21 Oct 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
2 2 other 26 Dec 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 second 22 Jun 0%
Galway
Tight
1 1 third 30 Jul 0%
Thurles
Undulating
1 1 other 5 Feb 0%