She'll Be Kept
She'll Be Kept is a six-year-old mare who runs for trainer
Brian M McMahon's yard in County Galway, and right now she is in the form of her life. Over her last six races, she has won twice — at Ballinrobe in late July and at Roscommon in early August — which means she is striking at roughly 1 in every 3 attempts across her most recent outings. That is a serious uptick from her career record of just 2 wins from 16 races overall, a 12 percent win rate that tells you this horse has spent most of her time knocking on the door without quite getting through it.
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
What makes her current run especially noteworthy is the consistency of her placement. Over those same six races, she has finished in the first three on four occasions, meaning she is reliably competitive even on days when she does not win. For a horse at this level — with just two victories across her entire career — that kind of recent form suggests something has clicked. Whether it is a change in conditions, distance, or how McMahon's team is running her, she has transformed from a perpetual also-ran into a genuine threat in her races. At six years old, she is still young enough to keep improving, and with the yard having sent out four winners already this season, there is clearly some form in the Scarriff operation. She'll Be Kept raced just a day ago and is clearly still being aimed at regular opportunities, so this could be a horse worth keeping an eye on if you are watching the Irish racing scene.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ 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 (a little give)
Likes
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
23 Sep
DNF
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
11 Sep
DNF
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
4 Aug
🏆 Won
Roscommon
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 19 runners
21 Jul
🏆 Won
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
2 Jul
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
28 May
10th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
11 Jul
11th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 21 runners
10 Jun
DNF
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
30 May
3rd
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
9 May
6th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 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 |
| Cork Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
4 |
1 second, 3 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
11 Sep |
50% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
4 Aug |
100% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jun |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
30 May |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
4 Apr |
0% |