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Syracus Du Houx

Fourteen races, zero wins, and a partnership with a jockey who has sat on its back ten times without finding the winner's enclosure — Syracus Du Houx is a horse that asks a lot of your optimism. The eight-year-old has managed two placed efforts across its career, which at least suggests it gets close enough to smell the action, but converting that into an actual victory has so far proved beyond it.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Grey
Father
Al Namix
Mother
Theza Bere
Owner
Keep The Faith Bloodstock Limited
Rating
100

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
14
Career races
0
Wins
0%
Win rate
avg ~10%
14.3%
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
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Phillip Enright has been the one making that journey in vain more often than anyone, riding Syracus Du Houx in ten of those fourteen races without a single win to show for it. That is a loyalty — or perhaps a stubbornness — that racing partnerships are built on, though at some point the numbers start to speak for themselves. Two places from fourteen races means this horse finishes in the top three roughly once every seven outings, which is thin pickings at any level.

Trained by Oliver McKiernan out of Rathcoole in County Dublin, the horse raced just yesterday, so it is firmly in the thick of another campaign. McKiernan's yard has sent out four winners this season, which shows the operation is capable of getting horses to the line first — just not this one, at least not yet. Recent form figures of 7-11-7 tell the same story the career record does: present, plugging away, but not troubling the judge. For a horse that has now had fourteen chances to break its duck, the question stops being "when will it win?" and starts being "what does winning look like for this horse?" Sometimes a place, a clear round, or simply another day out is what a yard is working towards — and on that measure, Syracus Du Houx keeps showing up.

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding
Good (firm-ish)
Heavy (very wet)
Soft (muddy)
Yielding
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Long Distance (2M+)
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Right-handed, undulating
Left-handed, tight turning

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
31 Mar
7th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
7 Mar
11th
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 13 runners
3 Apr
7th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 22 runners
15 Mar
DNF
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
26 Dec
10th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 15 runners
10 Dec
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
16 Nov
5th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
1 Jun
4th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
21 May
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
3 May
7th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 22 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Phillip Enright Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/10
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Punchestown
Galloping
4 1 second, 3 other 10 Dec 0%
Naas
Galloping
2 2 other 3 Apr 0%
Navan
Galloping
2 2 other 16 Nov 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
1 1 other 7 Mar 0%
Down Royal
Galloping
1 1 other 26 Dec 0%
Tipperary
Galloping
1 1 second 4 May 0%
Listowel
Sharp
1 1 other 1 Jun 0%
Thurles
Undulating
1 1 other 15 Mar 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 other 31 Mar 0%