Young Churchill
Five years old with a single win to its name from 16 races, Young Churchill is the kind of horse that keeps the yard — sorry, keeps a yard — believing through persistence rather than performance. That one win came at Roscommon in July 2025, and it remains the high point of a career that has produced just 1 victory and 4 placed finishes in total, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 16 races.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Young Churchill Syndicate
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
25%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The recent form makes for sobering reading: finishing 4th, 7th, 10th, 6th, 7th, and 10th in the last six runs tells a story of a horse that is competitive enough to place occasionally but struggling to land a blow at the finish. That said, Young Churchill did race just yesterday, so there is clearly no shortage of enthusiasm from Richard John O'Brien's yard in Ballingarry, Co Limerick — a team that has sent out 5 winners already this season and will be hoping their charge can add to that tally.
Where Young Churchill shows the most promise is over longer distances. At 1 mile 6 furlongs to 2 miles, the horse has won 1 from 7 races — a win rate of around 14%, or roughly 1 in every 7 races at that trip. That is meaningfully better than its overall record suggests, and it points to a horse that genuinely needs time and distance to get into its rhythm. When O'Brien has the conditions right — a longer race, a track like Roscommon — there is clearly something there worth chasing.
⚡ Strengths & Risks AI Analysis
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 14% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 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
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, undulating
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Right-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turning
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Mar
10th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 12 runners
28 Jan
7th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 7 runners
29 Nov
6th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 8 runners
9 Oct
10th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
11 Sep
7th
Clonmel
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 12 runners
21 Jul
4th
Ballinrobe
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 8 runners
7 Jul
🏆 Won
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good · 19 runners
11 May
5th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
26 Jan
7th
Naas
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 19 runners
14 Dec
3rd
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 17 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
29 Nov |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
7 Jul |
100% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 May |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Oct |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Jan |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Sep |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Jan |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jul |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 May |
0% |