County Carlow
County Carlow is a three-year-old still finding its feet on the track, with one win from six races and a recent form line that reads like a horse learning its trade: a placed finish, then a couple of near-misses, followed by a fourth and a second last time out. The win came at Sligo back in May, and the horse hasn't tasted victory since — four months is a long drought at this stage of a racing career, though the second-place finishes suggest the ability is there.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Future Champions Racing Syn Ben Haslam
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
50%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What's encouraging is how the horse performs over the distances that suit it. Over the shorter trips between five and six and a half furlongs, County Carlow has won one of three races — a 33 percent win rate that stands well above its overall 17 percent figure (one win from six). This is the real clue to its potential: there's a distance window where this horse competes properly. With trainer Ben Haslam's Middleham Moor yard running hot this season, having already sent out 35 winners, there's a solid operation behind it. The question now is whether County Carlow can rediscover the form that brought that Sligo victory and get back in the winner's circle at its preferred distances.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 5f – 6½f distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Aug
18th
Thirsk
5f – 6½f · Good · 20 runners
15 Aug
7th
Doncaster
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
5 Jun
2nd
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 7 runners
3 May
🏆 Won
Sligo
5f – 6½f · Yielding_To_Soft · 9 runners
10 Apr
4th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
20 Mar
2nd
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
10 Apr |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
3 May |
100% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Aug |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Aug |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
5 Jun |
0% |