Faro Island
Faro Island is a four-year-old who has taken a while to get things right, but showed exactly what it is capable of when it finally broke through at Down Royal in September 2025. That first career win came over a mile and three furlongs, which is no coincidence — at that distance range, Faro Island has won 1 from 4 races, a 25% win rate that stands well above its overall record of 1 win from 7 races across its career. In other words, get the trip right and this horse becomes a genuinely different proposition.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
28.6%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The overall numbers are modest — 14% across seven races, or roughly 1 in every 7 — but the recent form tells a more interesting story. The last six runs read 4th, 1st, 3rd, 10th, 7th from most recent back, which shows a horse that has found its level and is consistently competitive when things go its way, even if that one poor run reminds you it is not entirely reliable. Trained by A Oliver, whose yard has sent out 20 winners already this season, Faro Island is in capable hands with a team that clearly knows how to get horses to the track in winning condition.
What is worth watching is that Faro Island raced just one day ago and is currently active, meaning the yard are keeping it busy. A horse that won at Down Royal seven months ago and has since finished third and fourth in its most recent starts is not going backwards — it is knocking on the door. If the team can find the right race at the right distance, another win would not be a surprise at all.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m3f – 1m4f distances: 25% win rate
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
25 Apr
4th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 26 runners
17 Oct
13th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
29 Sep
🏆 Won
Down Royal
1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding · 17 runners
19 Sep
3rd
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
8 Apr
10th
Navan
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 14 runners
17 Oct
7th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 14 runners
21 Sep
7th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 9 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 third, 1 other |
17 Oct |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
25 Apr |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
29 Sep |
100% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
21 Sep |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Oct |
0% |