Butch Coolidge
Four races, no wins, no places, and finishing positions of ninth, seventh, seventh, and eighth. For Butch Coolidge, the results sheet makes for grim reading. The five-year-old has yet to threaten the podium in any of its outings, and those finishing positions suggest a horse that has been competing but not troubling the horses that matter when the race gets serious.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
0%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🏁 Next Race
Today
Downpatrick
About 2.4 miles · Slightly soft ground · 18 runners
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🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes the current situation interesting is the gap since its last run — 131 days, the best part of four months. A break of that length usually means something: either the horse needed time to recover, or the yard spotted an opportunity worth waiting for. Whether Butch Coolidge returns a different proposition is the question worth asking.
The trainer is David Harry Kelly, who operates out of Rathvin in County Tipperary, and the yard is clearly in decent form this season with 16 winners already on the board. A trainer sending out that kind of volume clearly knows how to place a horse to win — the question is whether Butch Coolidge fits into those plans or is simply making up the numbers while better horses in the yard take the spotlight.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Returning from a 131-day absence
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
18 Nov
8th
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 17 runners
22 Aug
7th
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
4 Aug
7th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 11 runners
7 Jul
9th
Roscommon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Niall Moore Current Jockey
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Nov |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
22 Aug |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
7 Jul |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Aug |
0% |