Polanco
Polanco is a three-year-old who has yet to get off the mark, and the numbers make for sobering reading: zero wins from seven races, with a single placed finish to show for all that effort. That means the yard is still waiting on its first win from this horse, and recent form hasn't offered much encouragement — finishing tenth, fifteenth, twelfth, fourteenth, and eighth in its last five completed runs tells a story of a horse that is consistently finding others too good.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
14.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Trained by P F O'Donnell out of Kilmallock in County Limerick, Polanco is part of a yard that has sent out two winners this season, so there is proof the team can get horses to the track and win — just not with this one yet. The horse raced as recently as yesterday, which at least shows it is sound and active, and at three years old there is still time for things to click.
The honest truth is that a single place from seven tries is a thin return. For context, a horse that genuinely belongs at a competitive level would typically be winning somewhere between one in ten and one in five races. Polanco hasn't managed one in seven. Whether that changes as the season develops remains to be seen, but right now this is a horse whose best day is still ahead of it — or at least, that's the hope.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Jul
10th
Killarney
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 15 runners
30 Jun
DNF
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Good · 18 runners
3 Jun
15th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 21 runners
9 May
12th
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 17 runners
18 Sep
14th
Naas
7f – 1m · Yielding_To_Soft · 19 runners
2 Sep
8th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
1 Jul
13th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Yielding · 18 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 |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
30 Jun |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
2 Sep |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jul |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jun |
0% |