Tahcawin
Tahcawin has won just once in a dozen races, but that sole victory came at exactly the right distance and on exactly the right track. The 3-year-old, trained by
Joseph G Murphy at Fethard in Co Tipperary, broke through at Fairyhouse back in September 2025 — and has chased that win ever since without finding it again. Over the past six races, the horse has picked up a couple of places but nothing more, settling into the rhythm of a horse that tries hard without quite delivering.
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
The clue to Tahcawin's form lies in trip. Over distances of five to six and a half furlongs, the horse has won 1 of 5 races — a 20% win rate, which is solid — suggesting there is a sweet spot where it performs measurably better. At other distances, the record deteriorates sharply. With Murphy's yard having sent out 13 winners this season, there is competence in the corner, but Tahcawin remains one of those horses that feels like it is always on the verge rather than arriving. Still active and still racing, it will need to rediscover the form that carried it to victory at Fairyhouse if it is to become more than a one-time winner.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 5f – 6½f distances: 20% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 9 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Sep
17th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 19 runners
14 Aug
5th
Cork
7f – 1m · Good · 12 runners
22 Jul
9th
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
28 Jun
DNF
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good · 10 runners
17 May
3rd
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
9 May
2nd
Naas
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
22 Apr
5th
Gowran Park
7f – 1m · Soft · 11 runners
27 Sep
12th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Yielding_To_Soft · 33 runners
22 Sep
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 10 runners
19 Aug
6th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Good · 11 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 |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
12 Sep |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
22 Apr |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
28 Jun |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
22 Sep |
100% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
19 Aug |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 Aug |
0% |