The Wee Man
The Wee Man is a three-year-old that has yet to find the winner's circle. In five races to date, the horse has managed one placing but no victories—a record that tells the story of a young animal still searching for his breakthrough. His recent form has been mixed: an eighth-place finish most recently, followed by a twelfth, then a seventh, and an eighth again before that. There was one decent run sandwiched in there, a seventh-place effort two races back, but nothing that suggests he is close to breaking his duck.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
Trained by Mark Michael McNiff at Strandhill in County Sligo, The Wee Man is part of a yard that has been competitive this season, with five winners already sent out to the track. For a smaller operation, that is solid work. The horse remains active—he raced just a day ago—which indicates the trainer is keen to keep finding the right spot for him. At three years old, he still has time to develop, and younger horses often improve with racing experience and maturity. Whether The Wee Man will turn things around remains to be seen, but he is clearly a horse his the yard believe in enough to keep running.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
11 Oct
8th
Cork
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
3 May
7th
Sligo
1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding_To_Soft · 11 runners
28 Mar
DNF
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Soft_To_Heavy · 13 runners
15 Mar
12th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Heavy · 17 runners
27 Oct
8th
Galway
7f – 1m · Soft_To_Heavy · 15 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 |
|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
28 Mar |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
3 May |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
27 Oct |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Oct |
0% |