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Single Edition

Single Edition is an 8-year-old who knows what winning feels like — just not recently. That sole career victory came at Down Royal back in May 2022, and with 50 months now passed since that day, it stands as a distant memory. Across 22 races, the record reads one win and five placed efforts, which works out at roughly 1 win in every 22 races — a modest return that tells you this is a horse operating in competitive company without quite having the firepower to crack it regularly.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Chestnut
Father
Buratino
Mother
Air Of Mystery
Owner
Single Edition Syndicate
Rating
93

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
22
Career races
1
Wins
4.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
22.7%
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
Auto-Generated

The recent spell makes for tough reading. The last six runs show finishing positions of 12th, 10th, and 11th in the most recent three outings, with a fourth place offering a brief flicker of promise before that. That fourth suggests the ability is still there somewhere, but translating it into a result has proven elusive. The horse raced just yesterday, so whoever is following this one closely is clearly still believers.

Regular partner Sean Flanagan has been aboard nine times without finding the winner's enclosure together, which is a long run of near-misses for any jockey-horse combination. That said, the blame rarely falls on one place — sometimes a horse simply hasn't found the right opportunity. James M Barcoe, who trains Single Edition out of Gowran in Co. Kilkenny, has sent out seven winners this season, so the yard is clearly capable of getting horses to win. The puzzle is finding the conditions that unlock Single Edition once more.

At this stage of its career, the one thing going for this horse is that it keeps showing up. Still racing at eight, still placed five times across its career — there is a horse here that tries. Whether another win is coming is genuinely hard to say, but Down Royal holds good memories, and stranger things have happened than a horse rediscovering its best on a track where it once got everything right.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts
Struggles on RH Undulating tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
1M6F – 2M
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
27 May
12th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
13 May
10th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 22 runners
2 Sep
11th
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
28 May
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
13 Apr
DNF
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 9 runners
9 Nov
DNF
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 12 runners
15 Oct
8th
Punchestown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 10 runners
30 Sep
2nd
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 18 runners
20 Sep
2nd
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
8 Aug
7th
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 9 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
0%
Win rate
0/9
Won / Rode
Mr C P Millar
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Shane Fenelon
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Mr L J McGuinness
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Paddy Cleary
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Wexford
Sharp
3 3 other 27 May 0%
Sligo
Sharp
3 3 other 8 Aug 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
3 1 third, 2 other 2 Sep 0%
Down Royal
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 3 Jun 50%
Downpatrick
Undulating
2 2 seconds 20 Sep 0%
Punchestown
Galloping
2 2 other 13 May 0%
Ballinrobe
Sharp
2 2 other 22 Jul 0%
Roscommon
Sharp
1 1 second 30 Sep 0%
Naas
Galloping
1 1 other 2 Jan 0%
Tramore
Sharp
1 1 other 13 Apr 0%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
1 1 other 1 Apr 0%
Dundalk
Galloping
1 1 other 17 Feb 0%