Mont St Michel
At five years old, Mont St Michel has taken its time finding the winner's enclosure — but it got there, landing its first career win at Killarney back in August 2025. That victory came over a long trip of two miles or more, which fits the pattern: across four races at that kind of distance, Mont St Michel has won one, a rate of 1 in 4, which stands out sharply against its overall record of 1 win from 12 races. The message is fairly clear — get this horse out over a proper test of stamina and its chances improve considerably.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Patrick John O'Brien & J Carthy & M G Hogan
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The overall numbers are modest. One win and five placed efforts from 12 races means Mont St Michel wins roughly 1 in every 12 it lines up for, and the recent run of form — five and ten and double-digit finishes stretching back over the last six races — suggests it hasn't recaptured that Killarney spark in the nine months since. Racing at that level requires things to fall right, and they haven't for a while.
Still, Mont St Michel is trained by Denis Gerard Hogan out of Cloughjordan in County Tipperary, and that matters. Hogan's yard has sent out 56 winners this season alone — that's a stable in fine health, placing horses where they can win. The fact that Mont St Michel raced just yesterday tells you the team believe there's more to come, and with a trainer operating at this volume of success, they tend to know where a horse belongs. The long-distance trips are where to watch this one.
⚡ 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 5 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 25% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 May
5th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
15 May
DNF
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 6 runners
23 Apr
10th
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 11 runners
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
🏇 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 |
|---|
| Leopardstown Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
15 May |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 second |
22 Aug |
50% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 Oct |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
22 Jun |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 third |
30 Jul |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
23 Apr |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
5 Feb |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |