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You Make Me Smile

Here is a horse that took its time finding the winner's enclosure. You Make Me Smile went all the way to April 2025 before recording that first career win, at Clonmel — and yet, far from fading away after finally breaking through, it has kicked on. It has now won 4 times from 33 races, winning roughly 1 in every 8, and two of those four wins have come in just the last six outings. That is a horse hitting form at exactly the right moment.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Mare
Colour
Bay
Father
Elusive Pimpernel
Mother
Just One Smile
Trainer
Owner
T & R Hennessy & A Fahy Partnership
Rating
57

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
33
Career races
4
Wins
12.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
18.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
Auto-Generated

The recent run of results tells a compelling story. Reading the last six races from most recent backwards — 7th, 5th, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd — you see a horse that had a rich purple patch mid-sequence and has since dropped back a little. Still, back-to-back wins included a victory at Galway in late October 2025, and an 8-year-old landing two in quick succession is no small thing. These are horses that know what they are doing.

There are two places in Ireland where You Make Me Smile is particularly worth watching. The first is Sligo, where the record reads 2 wins from 5 races — that is winning 40% of the time at one track, which any trainer would be delighted with. The second is wet or soft ground, where the figures are 2 wins from 8 races, or 1 in every 4. Put those two things together — Sligo on a damp day — and you have a horse in its element.

The yard behind it is P A Fahy, based in Leighlinbridge in County Carlow, a team that has sent out 9 winners already this season and clearly knows how to keep horses ticking over. Regular rider Ms C A Walsh has yet to get You Make Me Smile across the line in their six outings together, but the horse raced just one day ago and remains very much in the mix. With form this solid over the past six months, it would be a brave person to write it off.

Strengths & Risks AI Analysis

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%)
Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
Excellent record on heavy ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Poor record on soft_to_heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Yet to win at Naas in 5 attempts
Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts
Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Heavy (very wet)
Loves
Yielding to soft
Yielding
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
Soft to heavy
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
1M3F – 1M4F
1M6F – 2M
Ok
Long Distance (2M+)
Ok
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Left-handed, tight turning
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Mar
7th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 12 runners
17 Nov
5th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 7 runners
27 Oct
🏆 Won
Galway
1m3f – 1m4f · Heavy · 21 runners
24 Oct
🏆 Won
Sligo
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
2 Oct
2nd
Bellewstown
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 15 runners
19 Sep
3rd
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 17 runners
6 Aug
8th
Sligo
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
21 Jul
8th
Ballinrobe
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
7 Jul
8th
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good · 19 runners
21 Jun
7th
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Good · 17 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Ms C A Walsh
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
Richard Condon
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
Harry Sexton
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
Keithen Kennedy
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
Chris Hayes Current Jockey
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Sarah Kavanagh
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Cian MacRedmond
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Michael O'Sullivan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Sligo
Sharp
5 2 wins, 3 other 24 Oct 40%
Naas
Galloping
5 5 other 3 Apr 0%
Navan
Galloping
3 3 other 30 Mar 0%
Galway
Tight
2 1 win, 1 other 27 Oct 50%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 2 other 21 May 0%
Bellewstown
Sharp
2 1 second, 1 other 2 Oct 0%
Ballinrobe
Sharp
2 2 other 21 Jul 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
2 2 other 22 Jun 0%
Clonmel
Sharp
1 1 win 17 Apr 100%
Roscommon
Sharp
1 1 other 7 Jul 0%
Down Royal
Galloping
1 1 other 21 Jun 0%
Wexford
Sharp
1 1 other 20 May 0%
Downpatrick
Undulating
1 1 third 19 Sep 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
1 1 other 7 Jun 0%
Punchestown
Galloping
1 1 other 16 Jan 0%
Tramore
Sharp
1 1 other 1 Jan 0%
Limerick
Galloping
1 1 other 30 Jan 0%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
1 1 other 21 Dec 0%