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8-year-old gelding with 2 wins from 26 runs who runs best on soft, giving ground.
Owner
Spectacular Seven Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on yielding_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 332-day absence
⚠ Yet to win at Punchestown in 5 attempts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding to soft (damp)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 May
8th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
22 Apr
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 13 runners
10 Apr
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 21 runners
30 Mar
4th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
22 Feb
8th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 28 runners
21 Jan
5th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
1 Jan
3rd
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 24 runners
16 Nov
5th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
16 Oct
4th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
4 May
9th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 22 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 |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
8 |
1 win, 1 third, 6 other |
22 Apr |
12.5% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
5 |
5 other |
1 May |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
10 Apr |
0% |
| Cheltenham Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
16 Nov |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
1 Oct |
100% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
25 Sep |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
20 Dec |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 Feb |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
17 Apr |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
17 Dec |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jan |
0% |