Fianna
Fianna broke through at last this week, landing a first career win at Roscommon on 18 August after nine races without a victory. The 5-year-old, trained by
Aidan Anthony Howard at the Curragh, has been knocking on the door for some time — across ten outings it has picked up two places alongside that single win, suggesting it had the ability to get the job done even if the results weren't falling its way. The win came at exactly the right moment. Recent form shows a horse starting to find some consistency: a third place, a fifth, a sixth, then two fifths and a seventh in the last six races. That steadiness in the middle of the sequence is the kind of pattern that can lead to a breakthrough, and so it proved.
Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
20%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
For a 5-year-old that has taken this long to get off the mark, Fianna represents a quiet success story rather than an obvious star in the making. Howard's yard has been modest this season — just two winners so far — so every victory counts, and getting this horse to the post first feels like real work. The challenge now is whether it can build on that win. Horses that take ten races to break their duck don't always find it easy to repeat, but Fianna's recent form suggests it has enough in it to win again. Whether it does will tell us whether this was a genuine turning point or simply a horse that got lucky when the pieces finally fell into place.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
18 Aug
🏆 Won
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
22 Apr
7th
Gowran Park
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 16 runners
18 Jul
5th
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
8 Jul
3rd
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
23 Jun
6th
Ballinrobe
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 17 runners
1 Jun
5th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
12 May
9th
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Good · 16 runners
2 Apr
5th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 14 runners
5 Sep
4th
Clonmel
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 10 runners
20 Aug
4th
Roscommon
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 12 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 |
|---|
| Roscommon Sharp |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
18 Aug |
33.3% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 |
2 other |
22 Apr |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
8 Jul |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Jul |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
23 Jun |
0% |