Pollenca
Pollenca is a three-year-old with genuine potential on the flat, though form has been frustratingly patchy since breaking her duck at The Curragh in March. That early success—a clear win at one of Ireland's premier tracks—suggested she might develop into a serious competitor, but the six months since have told a muddier story. In her last five outings, she has managed just one second place, finished fourth twice, and had a bad day when eleventh. The pattern suggests a horse who can show up on her day but lacks the consistency a trainer wants to see in a young runner.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Sheikh Hamed Dalmook Al Maktoum
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Trainer A. Slattery, based at Thurles in Tipperary, has had a strong season with 62 winners to his name, so the yard clearly knows how to get horses ready. Pollenca's overall record—one win and two places from five races, good for a 20 per cent win rate—is respectable without being remarkable at this level. The real question is whether her winning run at The Curragh was a glimpse of what she can become, or an isolated good day. With her last race just a day old and no obvious pattern of improvement in recent weeks, it remains to be seen whether she can string together the kind of consecutive runs that turn a promising debut into a genuine career. For now, she is a horse worth watching, but one who still has plenty to prove.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Sep
2nd
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 12 runners
9 May
4th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 7 runners
4 May
11th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
15 Mar
🏆 Won
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Heavy · 11 runners
9 Jan
4th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 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 |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
4 May |
50% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
19 Sep |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jan |
0% |