Rajsalad
Rajsalad is a 10-year-old who has made hard work of finding the winner's enclosure, managing just 1 win from 16 races over a career that has tested everyone's patience. That sole victory came at Thurles back in February 2022 — now more than four years ago — and the horse has gone through its last six races without adding to the tally. At a win rate of roughly 1 in every 16 races, Rajsalad is not a horse you back with your mortgage, but the fact it keeps turning up tells its own story.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The yard at Friarstown, Co. Kildare is run by Conor O'Dwyer, and it has been a reasonable season for the team, sending out 4 winners. Rajsalad, though, has not been among them. Charlie O'Dwyer has been the regular rider, partnering the horse in 12 of its 16 races for that single win — a return of about 1 in every 12 rides together, which is modest by any measure.
What stands out is the sheer persistence. Rajsalad raced just yesterday and is clearly still part of the team's active plans at a stage of life when plenty of horses have long since moved on to quieter days. Whether there is another moment like Thurles still in the locker is the question — but for now, the horse keeps showing up, and that counts for something.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Fairyhouse in 6 attempts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Apr
DNF
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 15 runners
11 Jan
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
1 Jan
DNF
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
13 Dec
10th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 21 runners
22 Feb
DNF
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 28 runners
5 Feb
DNF
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 14 runners
18 Dec
7th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 9 runners
1 Jul
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 14 runners
16 Apr
13th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
1 Apr
6th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Charlie O'Dwyer Current jockey
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
6 |
1 third, 5 other |
1 Jan |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 other |
18 Dec |
33.3% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
14 Apr |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
1 Jul |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
26 Dec |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jan |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
20 Nov |
0% |