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Loingseoir

Loingseoir is a ten-year-old still grinding away at the races, a horse that has mastered the art of showing up without quite mastering the art of winning. Over sixty races, the horse has crossed the line first just four times—a win rate of roughly 1 in every 15 races—but it has finished in the placings eighteen times, which tells you something about its consistency. It turns up, it runs respectably, and then it goes home without the prize money more often than not.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
10 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Henrythenavigator
Mother
Only Exception
Owner
W Keeling M C Grassick Mrs M J Grassick
Rating
68

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
60
Career races
4
Wins
6.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
30%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
Auto-Generated

The horse's most recent victory came at The Curragh on 16 October 2025, which now sits ten months in the past. Since then, across its last six races, Loingseoir has managed one fourth-place finish as its best effort; the rest have been scattered finishes—a third, two more fourths, a sixth, and a seventh. This is the pattern of a horse that still has the legs to run but seems to have lost whatever spark once turned it into a winner. Its first career win also came at The Curragh back in October 2021, suggesting that particular track has always suited it best, though even there the victories have dried up.

Trainer M C Grassick, based at Curragh, has sent the horse out for sixty races, a substantial campaign that speaks to genuine racing stability rather than casual hobby ownership. Grassick's yard has produced six winners this season, so there is competence in the operation. Danny Sheehy has been Loingseoir's regular rider, though the partnership has yielded just one win from ten races together—a win rate of 10 percent, slightly better than the horse's overall record but still modest. At ten years old and a full decade into its racing life, Loingseoir remains active, having raced just a day ago. It is the sort of horse that may never win again, but it will keep trying, and that consistency in the placings suggests there will always be someone willing to run it.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 8 starts (12%)
Excellent record on yielding_to_soft ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
Course specialist at The Curragh: 3 wins from 22 starts (14%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 10 starts
Poor record on soft_to_heavy ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Yet to win at Naas in 5 attempts
Yet to win at Galway in 5 attempts
Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 16 starts
Struggles on RH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
Struggles on RH Tight tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Soft (muddy)
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Soft to heavy (wet)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
7F – 1M
1M1F – 1M2F
5F – 6½F
Avoids
1M3F – 1M4F
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, tight
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Jul
3rd
Galway
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 21 runners
20 Jul
4th
Ballinrobe
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 13 runners
8 Jul
6th
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 15 runners
11 Jun
4th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Soft · 16 runners
4 Jun
4th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Soft · 11 runners
25 Apr
7th
Limerick
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 15 runners
19 Apr
DNF
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Soft · 17 runners
2 Nov
14th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Heavy · 21 runners
16 Oct
🏆 Won
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Yielding · 27 runners
4 Oct
11th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft_To_Heavy · 15 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
10%
Win rate
1/10
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/7
Won / Rode
16.7%
Win rate
1/6
Won / Rode
Annalise Cullen
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
Jack Cleary Current Jockey
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Jimmy Dalton
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Mr J H Williamson
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
W J Lee
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
The Curragh
Galloping
22 3 wins, 1 third, 18 other 19 Apr 13.6%
Naas
Galloping
5 5 other 23 Mar 0%
Galway
Tight
5 2 thirds, 3 other 28 Jul 0%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
4 1 win, 3 other 8 Jul 25%
Leopardstown
Galloping
4 1 second, 1 third, 2 other 11 Jun 0%
Limerick
Galloping
3 1 second, 2 other 25 Apr 0%
Roscommon
Sharp
3 2 seconds, 1 other 20 Aug 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 2 other 16 Oct 0%
Newcastle
Galloping
2 2 other 31 Aug 0%
Cork
Galloping
2 1 third, 1 other 10 Sep 0%
Ballinrobe
Sharp
2 1 third, 1 other 20 Jul 0%
Tipperary
Galloping
2 1 second, 1 other 2 Oct 0%
Dundalk
Galloping
1 1 other 10 Mar 0%
Navan
Galloping
1 1 other 28 Aug 0%
Chepstow
Galloping
1 1 second 10 Aug 0%
Sligo
Sharp
1 1 third 6 Aug 0%