Garrybello
Nineteen races into its career and still waiting for that first win — Garrybello is the kind of horse that tests a trainer's patience and an owner's faith in equal measure. The eight-year-old has never been beaten into the places, recording four placed finishes from those 19 outings, but the winner's enclosure has so far remained out of reach. A win rate of zero from 19 races is a hard number to dress up, though the placing record does at least suggest a horse that competes rather than simply makes up the numbers.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
21.1%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes the recent form genuinely interesting is the contrast it provides. Strip away the blanks and there are some eye-catching efforts buried in those last six runs — a pair of third-place finishes and a couple of runner-up spots suggest Garrybello is in a decent spell of form right now, even if the breakthrough has not come. For a horse that had looked moderate for much of its career, finishing second and third in recent races is no small thing. The question, as always, is whether it can find just a little more when it matters.
Garrybello is trained by Thomas Cooper out of Tralee in County Kerry, a yard that has sent out eight winners already this season — so the operation clearly knows how to get a horse to the line first. Cooper will be well aware of what Garrybello needs, and with the horse currently active and in reasonable form, the hope will be that race number twenty finally delivers what nineteen could not.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
29 Apr
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
27 Feb
DNF
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 23 runners
18 Jan
12th
Thurles
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 13 runners
16 Jul
3rd
Killarney
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 11 runners
27 Sep
11th
Listowel
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 18 runners
13 May
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 15 runners
2 May
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
20 Dec
4th
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 14 runners
29 Nov
3rd
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 17 runners
11 Oct
7th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 18 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 |
|---|
| Punchestown Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
29 Apr |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
4 |
2 thirds, 2 other |
16 Jul |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
27 Feb |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
27 Sep |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Apr |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
8 Aug |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
18 Apr |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Feb |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
18 Jan |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
30 Oct |
0% |