Retracement
Retracement is a five-year-old that has found the winning line just twice in 17 career races—a modest win rate of roughly one win in every eight outings. The horse broke through for its first victory at Pontefract on 28 July 2024, then managed another win at The Curragh on 16 October 2025, but has not tasted success since. That twelve-month drought is the real story here: while Retracement continues to race and finished in the top 3 three times in its last six starts, the wins have dried up completely.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
Trained by J. P. Murtagh at Coolaghknock Glebe in County Kildare, Retracement races from a yard that is clearly thriving this season with 53 winners already sent out. The horse is most often partnered with jockey Ben Coen, who has ridden it six times and secured one victory together—a respectable 17% win rate between the pair. Recent form has been inconsistent: a fourth-place finish 12 months ago, then a fifth, followed by a 17th, another fourth, and a seventh in its most recent outing just a day ago. There are glimpses of a horse that can still compete and finish close to the front, but Retracement has become a reliable money-burner rather than a money-maker. At this stage of its career, the horse is competing honestly without delivering the returns that would justify regular backing.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 Oct
4th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 11 runners
12 Oct
5th
Roscommon
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 7 runners
13 Sep
17th
The Curragh
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 23 runners
9 Jul
4th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 12 runners
28 Jun
7th
The Curragh
1m6f – 2m · Good · 14 runners
23 May
DNF
The Curragh
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 21 runners
19 Oct
14th
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 17 runners
16 Oct
🏆 Won
The Curragh
1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding · 8 runners
14 Sep
4th
The Curragh
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 23 runners
15 Aug
8th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 15 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 |
7 |
1 win, 6 other |
13 Sep |
14.3% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 second |
7 Oct |
50% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
9 Jul |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
16 Oct |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 Oct |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
30 Apr |
0% |