North Shore
North Shore is a 4-year-old who only needed five races to open his account, and he did it in style at Killarney just this week. That opening win — his first on these shores — arrived on 9 May 2026 and completed a journey that began in France, where the horse had already shown enough on the Flat to catch Gavin Cromwell's eye. One win from five races is a 20% win rate, meaning he wins roughly 1 in every 5 outings, which is a perfectly respectable return for a horse still finding his feet in a new country and a new discipline.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Owen Daley Richard Fleming
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Cromwell, who operates one of Ireland's more productive yards right now — 97 winners already this season is a serious number — picked North Shore up from France specifically because he saw something worth developing. His words at the time were clear enough: a Flat winner abroad who looked like a really nice juvenile hurdler in the making, a horse the team were genuinely looking forward to. That kind of quiet confidence from a trainer who clearly knows what he is doing tends to mean something.
The recent form — a win, a couple of unplaced efforts, and two placed runs before that — tells the story of a horse working through his education rather than one coasting. The placed finishes show he is competitive; the blanks show he is still learning. Now that he has broken through at Killarney, the interesting question is whether that win unlocks something. Horses often improve sharply once they know how to win, and with Cromwell's yard firing at this rate, North Shore looks well placed to find out exactly how good he can be.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
9 Oct
4th
Chepstow
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
9 May
🏆 Won
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
6 Apr
DNF
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 10 runners
13 Mar
12th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 20 runners
2 Feb
4th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 7 runners
26 Dec
3rd
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 10 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 |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
2 Feb |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
9 May |
100% |
| Cheltenham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Mar |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
6 Apr |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Oct |
0% |