Hearts And Spades
Six races into its career and Hearts And Spades is still searching for that first winner, though the recent form suggests things are starting to click. The seven-year-old has finished in the top three in two of its six races — never winning, but showing enough to suggest the talent is there, even if the results haven't followed yet.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
33.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The most recent run, just yesterday, produced a second-place finish, and that backs up a third earlier in the sequence. What's encouraging is the direction of travel: after finishing sixth, fourteenth, and seventh in the middle stretch of that form line, Hearts And Spades has come home second and third in its last two outings. That's not coincidence — that's a horse finding its stride.
Trainer Ian John McCarthy has sent out two winners from his yard this season, which is a modest but real indicator that the operation knows how to get a horse ready to win. The question is whether Hearts And Spades can be the next one to deliver. With no wins from six races, the pressure to convert one of these promising runs into a victory is building — but yesterday's second place is exactly the kind of run that suggests it might not be long in coming.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 May
2nd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 13 runners
6 Apr
3rd
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
16 Dec
7th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
30 Nov
14th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 28 runners
16 Nov
4th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
27 Oct
6th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 8 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 |
|---|
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
27 Oct |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Dec |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Nov |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Nov |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
6 Apr |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
1 May |
0% |