Recent form tells a more familiar tale. In the last six outings, the best result has been a fourth, with a couple of eighths and a ninth mixed in — solid efforts at the back of the field rather than anything threatening the front. The horse has gone 13 months since that Tramore victory, and on current evidence another win isn't looming. But Island McCoo is still active, still racing, which at nine years old says something about durability if nothing else.
The trainer is Donncha Duggan, operating out of Kilfinane in County Limerick. It's a small yard that has sent out 3 winners this season — a modest but respectable tally — and Duggan clearly isn't afraid to keep campaigning a horse like this one, looking for the spot where the pieces fall right again.
Island McCoo is the kind of horse that fills out a race card rather than headlines it. But every runner has to have its day, and this one did — once, at Tramore. Sometimes that's enough.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 22 May | 0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
3 | 3 other | 19 Feb | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 7 Dec | 0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
3 | 3 other | 25 Apr | 0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 14 Apr | 100% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 5 Oct | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 28 Jul | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 23 Jul | 0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 8 Jul | 0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 12 May | 0% |