Straight Home
Straight Home is a resilient nine-year-old who has carved out a steady career over nearly two and a half years of racing. The horse has won 4 of its 17 races — roughly 1 in every 4 attempts — and added 9 placings, giving it a respectable win rate for a middle-distance performer. What stands out is consistency over recency: the horse has won twice in its last six races, most recently at Kilbeggan on 16 June 2025, but that victory now sits 16 months in the past, suggesting the horse has found wins harder to come by of late.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Whitegrass Racing Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🏁 Next race
Today
Limerick
About 2.4 miles · Slightly soft ground · 5 runners
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🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The partnership with jockey Miss J Townend has produced 2 wins from 8 races together, matching the horse's overall win rate of roughly 25 percent. Straight Home was first saddled by trainer W. P. Mullins at Cork on 10 April 2023, where it broke its maiden — a proper beginning for a horse that has since shown it belongs in competitive company. Mullins, based at Muine Bheag in County Carlow, has sent out 215 winners this season alone, and Straight Home remains an active part of his string despite the long gap since its last victory.
The recent form tells a story of gradual decline. A fourth-place finish was followed by a second and a third before another win early in the sequence, then a fourth and a first — the pattern of a horse that can still find the frame regularly but no longer dominates. Straight Home raced just yesterday, confirming it remains in work and competitive, but the 16-month drought since Kilbeggan suggests this is now a horse running more for experience and place money than for regular trips to the winner's circle. Still, at nine years old and with genuine experience behind it, Straight Home has proven durable enough to stay in training at a top-class Irish yard, which says something for its constitution and the faith Mullins continues to place in it.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Ok
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Sep
4th
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
11 Sep
2nd
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 9 runners
16 Aug
3rd
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
16 Jun
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
26 May
4th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
11 Apr
🏆 Won
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
2 Feb
7th
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 20 runners
24 Oct
🏆 Won
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
22 Sep
2nd
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 21 runners
16 Aug
3rd
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_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 |
|---|
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
4 |
1 win, 1 second, 2 other |
11 Sep |
25% |
| Tramore Sharp |
3 |
2 thirds, 1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
30 Nov |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
24 Oct |
100% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 win |
16 Jun |
100% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
10 Apr |
100% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Apr |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Feb |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 Sep |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Oct |
0% |