Shantou Show
Shantou Show is a ten-year-old campaigner who has spent nearly four decades at the races without finding the form that brought early success. The horse won twice in its career — first at Downpatrick in April 2023, then again a month later at Tipperary — but has not visited the winner's circle since May 2023, some forty months ago. With just 2 wins from 18 races across its entire record, Shantou Show has finished in the money roughly once every three times out, a modest win rate that reflects a horse very much in the mid-tier of racing ability.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
27.8%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What makes Shantou Show worth watching now is purely the question of whether it can recapture form at all. Recent efforts have been mixed — a fifth-place finish came just days ago, before that a third-place effort, with two no-shows sandwiched around those efforts. The horse is still racing regularly, which suggests the trainer Noel C Kelly believes there is something left to find. Kelly's Draperstown yard has sent out 14 winners this season, so the operation is competitive and winning races, which means Shantou Show is getting every chance to deliver.
The relationship with regular rider Conor Stone-Walsh has not clicked — they have paired up six times without a win — but that may simply reflect the horse's current level rather than any fault on either side. At this stage of a long career, Shantou Show appears to be a horse that enjoyed a brief purple patch in spring 2023 and has spent the intervening years searching for another breakthrough. It remains active and racing, a testament to a hardy constitution, but the arithmetic is stark: a ten-year-old horse without a win in forty months is running more from habit than hope.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 6 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Aug
5th
Perth
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
22 Jul
DNF
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
28 Jun
3rd
Cartmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
13 Jun
DNF
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
21 Feb
DNF
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 15 runners
20 Jan
5th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 9 runners
27 Nov
8th
Thurles
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 runners
26 Oct
5th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
11 Oct
6th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 13 runners
8 Sep
7th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 16 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 |
|---|
| Downpatrick Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 1 third, 1 other |
13 Jun |
33.3% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
20 Jan |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
3 |
3 other |
26 Oct |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
21 Feb |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
4 May |
100% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
27 Nov |
0% |
| Perth Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Aug |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
2 Jun |
0% |
| Cartmel Tight |
1 |
1 third |
28 Jun |
0% |