Silly Mongoose
Silly Mongoose has tasted victory just once in ten career races, but that single win came at Kilbeggan on 15 June and remains the horse's only taste of success to date. Now five years old and still actively racing, the gelding has finished in the top 3 on three other occasions, giving him a record of one win and three top-3 finishes overall — the kind of modest return that marks a horse competing at the lower end of the game.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
He Aint Heavy Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The five-year-old's recent form tells a story of inconsistency. In the last six races, Silly Mongoose has finished second, third, seventh, eleventh, first, and fifth — a pattern that suggests a horse that can turn up on any given day but lacks the consistency to build a winning run. That sole victory now sits four months in the past, and with the most recent race just a day ago, the horse is clearly still in regular work under trainer Patrick T Foley at Bagenalstown in County Carlow. Foley's yard has sent out 12 winners this season, so there is clearly racing talent being produced from the stable, even if Silly Mongoose has not yet been a reliable source of it. For a horse with only a 10% win rate — winning roughly 1 in every 10 races — consistency rather than brilliance seems to be the challenge ahead.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
1 Oct
3rd
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
24 Jul
7th
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
2 Jul
11th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
15 Jun
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
14 May
5th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
10 Apr
10th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
4 Aug
8th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
3 Jul
6th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
23 Jan
5th
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 6 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 |
|---|
| Kilbeggan Tight |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
24 Jul |
50% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Aug |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
23 Jan |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
10 Apr |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
13 Oct |
0% |