Must Go Now
There's a certain stubbornness to Must Go Now that the record books can't quite capture. Nine years old, fifteen races into a career, and still waiting for that second breakthrough — this is a horse that has made placing look routine while winning remains elusive. One win and four places from fifteen races tells a story of a horse that shows up, competes, but rarely lands the knockout blow. That single victory, at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day 2025, stands alone in the record like a punctuation mark in an otherwise unfinished sentence.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
26.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
That Fairyhouse win was fifteen months ago now, and the six races since have produced nothing better than a fifth-place finish. The recent form makes for sobering reading: a third, then an eighth, then positions of sixteenth and twelfth before that fifth and a ninth. The trajectory has been bumpy at best, and a win rate of roughly 1 in every 15 races means patience is very much part of the deal with this horse.
Must Go Now is trained by Edward Cawley out of Batterstown in County Meath, a yard that has sent out one winner so far this season. It's a small operation, and that context matters — these aren't horses being pointed at the richest prizes. Last racing ten days ago, Must Go Now is still active and still being asked the question, which says something about the persistence of everyone involved. Whether the horse can find its way back to the winner's enclosure at nine years of age remains the open question. It's happened before with horses this age, but they need things to fall right.
⚡ Strengths & Risks AI Analysis
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on yielding_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft_to_heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
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Right-handed, undulating
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Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Mar
3rd
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 24 runners
3 Mar
8th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 10 runners
28 Dec
16th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 20 runners
29 Nov
12th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 22 runners
29 Apr
5th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
20 Apr
9th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 20 runners
26 Jan
3rd
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 17 runners
1 Jan
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 22 runners
10 Dec
13th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 20 runners
28 May
5th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Eoin Staples(5) Current Jockey
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
4 |
1 win, 3 other |
29 Nov |
25% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
29 Apr |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
3 Mar |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
28 May |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
29 Oct |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Dec |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Mar |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
23 Nov |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
19 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Jan |
0% |