Whats New
Whats New has spent most of its career chasing rather than winning. The four-year-old has raced 29 times for just one victory, a breakthrough that came at Roscommon on a September day over a year ago and has not been repeated since. In its last six outings the horse has finished second three times but cannot find the winning post again, suggesting it sits in that difficult middle ground where it runs well enough to hit the placings but not quite well enough to seal a race.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 horse races for trainer Andrew Slattery's yard at Thurles in County Tipperary, a stable having a productive season with 62 winners to its name. Slattery also rides the horse regularly — they have teamed up nine times with one victory between them, a win rate of roughly 1 in 9. The partnership gets the best from Whats New at longer distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, where the horse has won one from six races. That early win over this trip at Roscommon hinted at where the horse might flourish, yet the year since has brought only placings. With three second-place finishes in its last six races, Whats New remains competitive and active, having raced just yesterday, but the gap between running well and actually breaking through has proved stubborn.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 17% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 12 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Undulating tracks: 0 wins from 5 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
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Yielding to soft (damp)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Sep
DNF
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
27 Jul
2nd
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 23 runners
21 Jul
DNF
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
12 Jul
2nd
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
4 Jul
2nd
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
5 Jun
DNF
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
20 May
6th
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
9 May
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
18 Apr
4th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 runners
30 Mar
9th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 12 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 |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
4 |
4 other |
20 May |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
9 May |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
4 Dec |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 Feb |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
2 seconds |
27 Jul |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
4 Jul |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
12 Jul |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
1 Sep |
100% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
10 Oct |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Oct |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Apr |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jul |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Jul |
0% |