The Rock Factor
Five races in and still waiting for that first win — The Rock Factor is a 4-year-old who has so far found the winner's enclosure out of reach, with a single placed finish to show from its career to date. The recent form figures of 9, 8, 9, and 5 tell a story of a horse that has largely been running mid-pack or towards the back, though that fifth-place finish hints at at least one more encouraging effort along the way.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Ivan Holloway & Mrs Catherine Holloway
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What works in The Rock Factor's favour is the stable it calls home. Trained by Emmet Mullins at his yard in Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, this is a horse with serious support behind it. Mullins has sent out 31 winners already this season — that is a yard operating with real momentum, and horses trained there tend to be placed in races where the team believes they have a genuine chance. The fact that The Rock Factor raced just one day ago shows this is an active campaign, not a horse being quietly shelved.
Whether a first win is coming soon is hard to say, but a horse trained by a yard firing on all cylinders, still racing regularly at four years old, is one that clearly hasn't been written off. Sometimes it just takes the right day.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Jun
9th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 17 runners
12 May
DNF
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 13 runners
24 Apr
8th
Cork
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
30 Mar
9th
Navan
7f – 1m · Heavy · 15 runners
9 Jan
5th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 9 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 |
|---|
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
12 Jun |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jan |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Apr |
0% |