Sweet Baby Zou
The horse broke through with a first career victory at Gowran Park four months ago, but has struggled to replicate that success since, posting just one finish in the placings across the past six races. That recent run — an eleventh-place result just yesterday — suggests the horse is still racing, though form has dipped noticeably.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
What stands out is the horse's preference for distances between one mile one furlong and one mile two furlongs, where it has won 1 of 5 races — a 20% win rate at those trips. That's double the overall average, which suggests Joseph Patrick O'Brien's yard has identified a sweet spot. O'Brien, based in County Kilkenny, has built a powerful operation this season with 160 winners to his name, so there is genuine expertise behind Sweet Baby Zou's training. The four-month gap since that Gowran Park victory is not unusual for a young horse still developing, though the recent dip in form will need to improve. If the yard can steer this 3-year-old back to races at the middle distances where it has shown most promise, there may yet be another win in the locker.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Sep
11th
Punchestown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
4 Sep
2nd
Down Royal
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 17 runners
21 Aug
3rd
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 runners
31 Jul
6th
Galway
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 21 runners
5 Jun
DNF
Fairyhouse
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
1 Jun
🏆 Won
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 14 runners
29 May
8th
Down Royal
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
11 May
7th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Good · 14 runners
19 Apr
22th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Soft · 24 runners
8 Apr
10th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Soft · 14 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 |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
1 Jun |
50% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
4 Sep |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 Apr |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 May |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Sep |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
21 Aug |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |