Local News
Local News is a 6-year-old with the kind of record that makes you sit up and pay attention: two wins and two places from just three races, which works out to winning roughly two races in every three. That 67% win rate is the sort of figure you see on a horse that either knows exactly what it is doing or has been aimed at the right races by a trainer who understands its capabilities.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Mrs Stephanie Hennessy
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
66.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The horse has been genuinely busy lately. Three races in the past few months, and it has won two of them — including a victory at Kilbeggan on 31 May that now sits three months in the past. Its most recent outing, just a day ago, didn't bring home a win, but a place finish keeps the record respectable. This is a horse that is clearly racing regularly and being kept sharp, rather than being wrapped in cotton wool between big occasions.
Richard Hennessy trains Local News from his yard at Castlemartyr in Cork, which gives the operation a real sense of locality — the horse has already shown it knows Cork well, having recorded its first career win at Cork on 10 May this year. The trainer's yard has only sent out two winners all season, which makes Local News's win rate feel even more noteworthy. This is not a yard drowning in winners; this is a trainer who has something special with this particular horse. Local News remains actively racing and clearly engaged, which suggests there is more to come from it.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
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🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
20 Aug
5th
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
31 May
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 5 runners
10 May
🏆 Won
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 20 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 |
|---|
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
10 May |
100% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 win |
31 May |
100% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
20 Aug |
0% |