Highwayman
Highwayman is a three-year-old that
Joseph Patrick O'Brien's yard has been running hard this season, and for good reason. The horse has won 2 of its last 6 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 3 outings — which is the kind of form that keeps a trainer sending it out week after week. Just this week, on 20 August at Leopardstown, Highwayman struck again, and before that won at Killarney back in July. With 2 wins and 3 places from 6 career races overall, the horse is winning about 1 in every 3 times it races, which at this level marks it out as genuinely consistent.
Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
John Ioannis Neocleous
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
50%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What's striking about Highwayman is how recently its last win came. Most horses take weeks or months to get back to a track after a victory, but Highwayman raced just one day ago and is already active again. The recent form tells the story: a win last time out, an eighth-place finish before that, then a ninth the time before. It is the kind of up-and-down pattern you see with a horse that is racing regularly and racing hard, and O'Brien's yard — which has already sent out 160 winners this season from Owning Hill in County Kilkenny — clearly believes there is more to come from this one. For a three-year-old in mid-season, that kind of pattern and that kind of confidence from the trainer is worth watching.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
20 Aug
🏆 Won
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Yielding · 9 runners
13 Jul
🏆 Won
Killarney
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 9 runners
24 Jun
8th
Naas
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
10 Jun
DNF
Limerick
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
3 Jun
15th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 18 runners
19 May
9th
Cork
7f – 1m · Soft · 15 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 |
|---|
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
13 Jul |
100% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
20 Aug |
100% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 May |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Jun |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Jun |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Jun |
0% |