Sonoran
Sonoran won his only race at Tipperary back in May 2025, and has been searching for a second victory ever since. The 4-year-old has raced 11 times in the 15 months that followed, collecting three places but no wins — a dry spell that tells you something important about where this horse sits in the racing pecking order. With a career win rate of roughly 1 in every 12 races, Sonoran is a horse who finds winning genuinely hard. He's still active, having raced just yesterday, so his the yard are clearly hoping that form will turn, but the recent sequence of 5th-9th-9th-6th-3rd-10th doesn't suggest imminent improvement.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Sean Jones Mrs Lynne Lyons
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
33.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🏁 Next Race
Tomorrow
Navan
About 1 mile · Slightly soft ground · 21 runners
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🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes Sonoran worth watching is that he can place — he's proven he belongs in the mix often enough to suggest there's a race waiting for him somewhere. Trained by G M Lyons at Dunsany, a yard that has sent out 43 winners already this season, Sonoran has access to good horsemanship. Whether that translates into a second win is another question. For now, he's the sort of horse that keeps racing, keeps getting close, and keeps disappointing the people who back him. He's been competitive enough to place in 4 of 12 races, but consistent enough to fail — a frustrating profile that defines plenty of middle-tier racehorses.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 Aug
5th
The Curragh
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 12 runners
11 Jul
9th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 11 runners
30 Jun
9th
Roscommon
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
4 Jun
6th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 16 runners
10 May
3rd
Leopardstown
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
12 Apr
10th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
26 Nov
3rd
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
10 Oct
11th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 13 runners
20 Sep
4th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Heavy · 6 runners
1 Sep
6th
Roscommon
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 8 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Leopardstown Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
4 Jun |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
26 Nov |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
30 Jun |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
27 May |
100% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Jul |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
20 Sep |
0% |