Final Decision
Final Decision is a 7-year-old who has made the winner's enclosure just once in ten races, a 10% win rate, or one win in every ten outings. That sole victory came at Kilbeggan back in April 2023, and at 37 months ago it now feels like a distant memory. Since then, the horse has picked up four places along the way — respectable enough, but a reminder that finishing close and finishing first are very different things.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
40%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The recent form tells an interesting story. Reading from oldest to newest, Final Decision ran second and then won at Kilbeggan, which looked like the start of something. What followed was a sixth place, a blank, another blank, and then a blank most recently — a sequence that suggests the horse has found it harder to recapture that Kilbeggan spark than anyone in the yard would have hoped.
P J Rothwell trains Final Decision from a base in Tinahely, County Wicklow, and this is clearly a yard in decent nick — 35 winners on the board already this season is a solid return that speaks to a trainer who knows how to get horses ready to race. With that kind of firepower behind him, the hope will be that Final Decision can find a race that suits and remind everyone what it looked like on that April day at Kilbeggan. The horse raced just one day ago, so whatever comes next is very close indeed.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 May
DNF
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
11 Apr
10th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
1 Oct
DNF
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 15 runners
1 Sep
6th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
11 Jun
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 10 runners
20 Apr
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
23 Feb
3rd
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
26 Jan
4th
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 9 runners
8 Jan
5th
Naas
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 12 runners
26 Nov
4th
Doncaster
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 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 |
|---|
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 win |
20 Apr |
100% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Jan |
0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Nov |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
26 Jan |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 May |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
23 Feb |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Sep |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Apr |
0% |