Across its full career, Gerrit's Gem wins roughly 1 in every 5 or 6 races — 3 wins from 17, which is a perfectly solid record — but that overall number undersells what this horse can do in the right setting. Its best distance appears to be somewhere between a mile and a mile and two furlongs, where it has won 1 from 3, but the real story is the Cork record, which suggests the course itself suits this horse more than almost anything else.
The first win came at Cork on 21 May 2024, and the most recent followed on 10 September 2025 — also at Cork. That's a horse that keeps coming back to the same well, and the well keeps delivering. The last 6 races, however, tell a more complicated story: finishes of ninth, second, fourth, and three unplaced runs suggest Gerrit's Gem is doing its best work away from Cork right now, and the September win at that track now sits nine months in the past. The second-place finish is a reminder that the talent is still there — it just hasn't translated into a win recently.
Gerrit's Gem raced just one day ago, so this is a horse very much in the middle of its season. Whether the team points it back towards Cork — where the record speaks for itself — or tries to unlock that form elsewhere will be the interesting question to watch. Three wins from five at one track is not a coincidence. It's a pattern, and patterns like that tend to repeat.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
6 | 1 second, 5 other | 23 May | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
5 | 3 wins, 2 other | 3 May | 60% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 23 Mar | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 20 Oct | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 7 Jun | 0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 1 Jun | 0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 20 Oct | 0% |