Buttermere Ridge
Buttermere Ridge is a 5-year-old horse who broke through for his first career win at Gowran Park on 23 April 2024, then fell silent. In the 28 months since, he has not won again despite 12 further attempts, though he has picked up two places along the way. Across his entire 18-race career, he has won just once and finished in the frame on two other occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 17 races. He remains active, having raced as recently as yesterday, but his form over the past six outings tells a frustrating story: an eleventh, a tenth, fourth place, seventh, a miss, and fourteenth. Nothing to suggest a breakthrough is imminent.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Keep The Faith Bloodstock Limited
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
11.1%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The one genuine highlight of his record comes at a specific distance. When running between 7 furlongs and a mile, Buttermere Ridge has won 1 of his 6 races — a 17% win rate, which is respectable and suggests there may be a trip where he operates at his best. That April success at Gowran Park, his only victory to date, came in that zone. Trained by Oliver McKiernan at Rathcoole in County Dublin, Buttermere Ridge remains part of a yard that has managed six winners this season, though he has not been the source of any of them recently. For a horse now approaching middle age in racing terms, the long drought since his sole success raises the question of whether that April afternoon was an outlier — a day when everything aligned — or proof that with the right setup, he can still find the winner's enclosure.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 17% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Tight tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Aug
11th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 18 runners
1 Aug
10th
Galway
7f – 1m · Yielding · 18 runners
3 Jul
4th
Bellewstown
7f – 1m · Good · 17 runners
18 Jun
7th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good · 17 runners
2 May
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 25 runners
27 Oct
14th
Galway
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft_To_Heavy · 16 runners
13 Oct
13th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Soft · 18 runners
5 Oct
6th
Tipperary
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 7 runners
29 Aug
10th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
25 Jul
DNF
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_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 |
|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
12 Aug |
33.3% |
| Galway Tight |
3 |
3 other |
1 Aug |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
2 |
2 other |
25 Jul |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
2 May |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Apr |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jul |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jul |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Jun |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Oct |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 Aug |
0% |