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Comfort Line

There are horses that accumulate a career quietly, turning up week after week without ever threatening the big occasions, and then there are horses like Comfort Line — who have found one track they absolutely own and keep coming back to collect. This nine-year-old has built a modest but respectable record across 89 races, winning 8 times and finishing in the places on a further 29 occasions. That works out at roughly 1 win in every 11 races overall, which sounds unspectacular until you look at where most of those wins have come from.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
9 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Grey
Father
Alhebayeb
Mother
Begin The Beguine
Owner
Adrian McGuinness
Rating
64

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
89
Career races
8
Wins
9.0%
Win rate
avg ~10%
32.6%
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

Dundalk is Comfort Line's territory. Seven of those eight career victories have come at that single track, from 39 races there — a win rate of 18%, or roughly 1 in every 6 visits. For context, that is twice the horse's overall win rate, and it is the kind of stat that should make any racegoer pay attention whenever Comfort Line is declared to run at Dundalk. Some horses simply click with a particular venue — the layout, the surface, the way the race unfolds — and Comfort Line has clearly found its home. The most recent win came just last week, on 23 April 2026, which tells you this is no fading force living off past glories.

The recent form makes for encouraging reading: in the last six races, Comfort Line has finished 2nd, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 2nd, reading from most recent backwards. A blip to 10th aside, that is the profile of a horse running consistently well and right in the mix. The horse raced just yesterday, which is a remarkable level of activity for a nine-year-old and speaks to a tough, durable constitution that has held up across what is now a very long career.

Normal ground conditions — neither too wet nor too firm — bring out the best in Comfort Line. On that surface, the record reads 7 wins from 40 races, a win rate of 18%, again that 1-in-6 ratio that makes the horse a genuine contender when conditions cooperate. Jockey Adam Caffrey has been the regular partner, riding in 44 of those 89 races and landing 4 of the 8 wins. Trainer Adrian McGuinness, operating out of Lusk in County Dublin, has had a productive season with 39 winners sent out — and Comfort Line, quietly ticking along at Dundalk, has played its part in keeping that tally moving.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on standard ground: 7 wins from 40 starts (18%)
Course specialist at Dundalk: 7 wins from 39 starts (18%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 6 starts
Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
Poor record on soft_to_heavy ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Yet to win at Leopardstown in 10 attempts
Yet to win at Cork in 5 attempts
Yet to win at Galway in 5 attempts
Yet to win at The Curragh in 5 attempts
Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 15 starts
Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 8 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
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Soft to heavy (wet)
Avoids
Yielding to soft (damp)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
7F – 1M
1M1F – 1M2F
5F – 6½F
Unknown
1M3F – 1M4F
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
4 May
2nd
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Good · 16 runners
23 Apr
🏆 Won
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 11 runners
12 Apr
3rd
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 23 runners
1 Apr
4th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 11 runners
27 Mar
10th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 15 runners
20 Mar
2nd
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
13 Feb
5th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
23 Jan
10th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 13 runners
13 Jan
6th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
3 Dec
7th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
9.1%
Win rate
4/44
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/7
Won / Rode
Cian MacRedmond
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
2/4
Won / Rode
Cillian Rowan Current Jockey
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Gabriella Hill(7)
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
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
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
Dundalk
Galloping
39 7 wins, 8 seconds, 2 thirds, 22 other 23 Apr 17.9%
Leopardstown
Galloping
10 3 thirds, 7 other 12 Apr 0%
Cork
Galloping
5 5 other 6 May 0%
Galway
Tight
5 1 second, 1 third, 3 other 2 Aug 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
5 2 seconds, 3 other 4 May 0%
Listowel
Sharp
4 4 other 2 Jun 0%
Naas
Galloping
3 1 second, 2 other 29 Apr 0%
Limerick
Galloping
3 3 other 22 Apr 0%
Navan
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 7 Sep 50%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
2 2 thirds 22 Sep 0%
Bellewstown
Sharp
2 2 other 1 Oct 0%
Ballinrobe
Sharp
2 1 second, 1 other 21 Jul 0%
Killarney
Sharp
2 2 other 14 May 0%
Roscommon
Sharp
2 2 other 22 Aug 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 2 other 21 May 0%
Laytown
Galloping
1 1 other 4 Sep 0%