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Shesakindofmagic

There's something quietly stubborn about a horse that takes seven races to get its name in the winner's column, and Shesakindofmagic finally did it at Limerick on St Stephen's Day 2024 — one of the busiest and most festive days in the Irish racing calendar. That win came after a string of near-misses, and looking at the recent form figures of 5-7-2-10-1-2, you can see a horse that has been knocking around the fringes of winning without quite managing to nail it down again since. One win and three places from seven races overall — roughly 1 in every 7 races won — is a modest return, but the placing record shows a horse that is competitive more often than the headline number suggests.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Mare
Colour
Bay
Father
Mahler
Mother
Haraqaan
Owner
Paddy McBride

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
7
Career races
1
Wins
14.3%
Win rate
avg ~10%
42.9%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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At eight years old, Shesakindofmagic is no youngster, and the fact that the Limerick win in December 2024 remains the solitary career victory — now 16 months ago — tells you this is a horse operating at a level where winning is genuinely hard to come by. That gap between wins is not unusual at this end of the sport, but it does add a certain weight to the question of whether there is another day in the sun to come.

The trainer is Anthony McCann, operating out of Castleblaney in Co. Monaghan, a small yard that has sent out five winners this season. Five winners from a modest operation is a meaningful haul — this is not a factory yard turning out horses by the dozen, so each winner represents real work. McCann clearly knows how to place a horse, and getting Shesakindofmagic to win at Limerick on one of the year's biggest race days was a sharp piece of training. The horse raced just one day ago, so it is very much in the middle of an active campaign, and with that runner-up finish sitting second in the recent form, there is at least some evidence that competitive days are still ahead.

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Heavy (very wet)
Yielding to soft
Soft (muddy)
Yielding
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Right-handed, tight turning
Left-handed, wide and galloping

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
4 Apr
5th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 18 runners
3 Feb
7th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 16 runners
1 Jan
2nd
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 6 runners
2 Feb
10th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 11 runners
26 Dec
🏆 Won
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 12 runners
23 Nov
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 10 runners
9 Nov
6th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 10 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
Eoghan Finegan
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
James Smith(5) Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Fairyhouse
Galloping
3 1 second, 2 other 4 Apr 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 win 26 Dec 100%
Punchestown
Galloping
1 1 second 23 Nov 0%
Clonmel
Sharp
1 1 other 9 Nov 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
1 1 other 2 Feb 0%