Motta Alta
Motta Alta is a three-year-old with the kind of record that suggests real potential waiting to break through. The horse has won once in four races, which puts it at a 25% win rate — respectable, but what matters more is what those other three runs tell us. In its last four outings, Motta Alta has finished third, third, first, and then missed the placings once. That's two placed efforts sandwiched around the win, which points to a horse capable of consistent effort on the day even when it doesn't quite get there.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The win came at Limerick on 19 June, and it now sits three months without another success. That gap is starting to feel like it could use breaking. Mrs J. Harrington's yard at Moone is producing winners at a steady clip this season—53 so far—so Motta Alta is in a stable with form and momentum behind it. The horse is actively racing, having been out just a day ago, which means the yard clearly believes there is more to come.
What makes Motta Alta interesting is less about what it has done and more about what it looks capable of doing. A young horse with a winning record, still finding its feet, trained by someone whose yard is firing, and still racing regularly suggests someone is confident enough to keep bringing it back. Whether the next win comes soon or whether those third-place finishes give way to something better, Motta Alta is a horse worth watching.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 Sep
5th
Cork
5f – 6½f · Soft · 9 runners
15 Sep
3rd
Punchestown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
27 Jul
3rd
Galway
7f – 1m · Yielding · 15 runners
19 Jun
🏆 Won
Limerick
7f – 1m · Soft · 17 runners
9 May
DNF
Naas
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 15 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 |
|---|
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
19 Jun |
100% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 third |
27 Jul |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
15 Sep |
0% |