Vlhova
Vlhova has been a patient horse, taking 16 races before breaking through for that elusive first win at Killarney back in July 2025. Since then, the 4-year-old has raced another six times without repeating the dose, which tells you something important: that opening victory was the kind of rare flash rather than the beginning of a winning streak. Over a career spanning 17 races, the horse has managed just 1 win and 6 places, a win rate that hovers around 6 percent — roughly one win in every 17 attempts.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Lance Bloodstock Limited
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The interesting detail is where this horse runs best. At distances between 1 mile 1 furlong and 1 mile 2 furlongs, Vlhova has won 1 of its 9 races — an 11 percent win rate at those trips, nearly double its overall average. That suggests if the yard can get the horse back to this sweet spot and catch things right, there is potential for another win. Trainer G. O'Leary, based in Kildare, has been sending out winners regularly this season, so there is competence in the yard. Yet the long wait since that Killarney victory — now 15 months in the past — means Vlhova will need to rediscover something it has largely lost. The horse remains active and was out just a day ago, which shows it is still racing fit and still being asked to do the job. Whether it can find that form again remains to be seen, but on paper, this is a horse that belongs somewhere in the middle of the field rather than winning races with any frequency.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 11% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
11 Oct
11th
Naas
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 12 runners
21 Sep
11th
Listowel
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 18 runners
28 Jul
12th
Galway
7f – 1m · Yielding · 18 runners
30 Jun
13th
Roscommon
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 13 runners
5 Nov
2nd
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
19 Oct
2nd
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Heavy · 16 runners
22 Sep
4th
Listowel
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 17 runners
9 Sep
3rd
Galway
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft · 15 runners
14 Jul
🏆 Won
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 14 runners
2 Jul
11th
Tipperary
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 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 |
|---|
| Listowel Sharp |
3 |
3 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
5 Nov |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
28 Jul |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
14 Jul |
100% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
11 Oct |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jun |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
19 Oct |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
13 Jun |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Jun |
0% |