Silk Braid
There is something quietly impressive about a horse that has only run twice and already has a win and a place to its name. Silk Braid has done exactly that, winning on its second career start at The Curragh in October 2025 — a track with a long history of producing horses that go on to much better things. For a three-year-old still finding its feet in racing, that kind of early efficiency matters. Winning 1 from 2 races — 50% of everything it has ever done — is not a stat you see very often.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 trainer behind this is G M Lyons, based at Dunsany in County Meath, and the yard has been in serious form this season with 49 winners already sent out. That context is worth pausing on. A trainer operating at that volume and that level of success does not have room on the roster for horses going nowhere. The fact that Silk Braid has been given its opportunities and delivered suggests there is genuine belief in what this horse can do.
Having raced just yesterday, Silk Braid is very much in the middle of its story rather than at the end of it. With only two runs in the book, almost everything about what this horse is and where it can reach is still unknown — and that is part of what makes it interesting to follow right now.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
25 Apr
2nd
Navan
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 7 runners
16 Oct
🏆 Won
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 12 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 |
1 |
1 win |
16 Oct |
100% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
25 Apr |
0% |