Party Dress
Party Dress is a 6-year-old that has shown flashes of ability without ever quite becoming consistent. With three wins from twenty-three races, the horse has a win rate of around 13%, which means it wins roughly one in every eight attempts. That's respectable enough in competitive racing, though the longer you look at the record, the more you notice the pattern: it has gone fourteen months without a win, and hasn't found the post first in any of its last six races.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Party Dress Partnership
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
26.1%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The good news is that there are genuine strengths to build on. Party Dress clearly thrives over longer distances — it has won two of eight races at two miles or more, a 25% success rate that stands out against the overall form. The horse also shows a marked preference for normal ground conditions, winning two of ten races on standard tracks, compared to nothing on faster or wetter surfaces. That's a useful detail for the trainer W McCreery, based at Rathbride in County Kildare, to keep in mind when planning entries.
The puzzle is consistency with Nathan Crosse in the saddle. Their five rides together have brought no wins, despite Party Dress having raced just yesterday and clearly still being active. If McCreery's yard — which has sent out nineteen winners already this season — can find the right race profile, on normal ground and at longer distances, there may still be another win or two left in this horse. For now, though, the recent form reads as one to watch rather than back.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%)
✔ Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 25% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Yet to win at The Curragh in 6 attempts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
23 Jul
5th
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
15 Jul
4th
Killarney
1m6f – 2m · Good · 14 runners
26 Jun
6th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm · 23 runners
26 Mar
DNF
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 6 runners
20 Oct
13th
Gowran Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Heavy · 16 runners
4 Oct
13th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 15 runners
11 Sep
7th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 14 runners
23 Aug
9th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
7 Aug
2nd
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
27 Jun
8th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Good · 16 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
6 |
1 third, 5 other |
26 Jun |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
3 |
3 other |
26 Mar |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
23 Jul |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
28 Nov |
50% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
20 Oct |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
30 Sep |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
11 Jun |
100% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
29 May |
100% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jul |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Nov |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
13 Sep |
0% |