Mount Hotham
Seven years old and still waiting for a first win, Mount Hotham is a horse that has tested the patience of everyone around it. Across seven races, it has never reached the winner's enclosure, and its two placed finishes are the only bright spots in a career that has largely seen it finishing well down the field. The recent run of results tells its own story — finishing 10th, 12th, 10th, and 14th in its last few outings is the kind of form that raises real questions about whether a breakthrough is coming.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
28.6%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What keeps things interesting is that Mount Hotham raced just yesterday, meaning this is a horse still very much in active service. At seven, horses are usually at or near their peak, so the clock is ticking on whether it can translate effort into a result that matches its age and experience.
It runs out of the Bagenalstown yard of John Joseph Hanlon in County Carlow, a stable that has sent out 11 winners already this season — so the trainer clearly knows how to get horses to win. That makes Mount Hotham something of an outlier in the yard, a puzzle that hasn't yet been solved. Whether Hanlon finds the right race or the right conditions to unlock something in this horse remains to be seen, but with seven races and zero wins on the board, the pressure to find an answer is only growing.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Jul
10th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
31 May
DNF
Kilbeggan
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
20 Apr
DNF
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
25 Nov
12th
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 18 runners
3 Oct
10th
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 15 runners
19 Sep
14th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
17 Aug
7th
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Paddy Hanlon Current Jockey
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Tramore Sharp |
3 |
3 other |
20 Apr |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
31 May |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
3 Oct |
0% |