Simple Things
Simple Things is a 4-year-old that has made a habit of getting close without quite getting there. Across six races, the horse has finished in the places four times — meaning it has been competitive more often than not — but that first win is still waiting. A record of zero wins from six races sounds straightforward, but four places tells a different story: this is not a horse that struggles, it is a horse that keeps finding one or two others just a little too good on the day.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 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 recent form makes for interesting reading. After a third place early in its career and a pair of middling efforts in seventh and eighth, Simple Things has clearly found its feet. Back-to-back runner-up finishes in its last two completed races suggest the horse is hitting its best form at just the right time, and with a race only yesterday, it is very much in the thick of things right now.
Trained by J P Dempsey out of Carbury in County Kildare, the horse is in capable hands. Dempsey's yard has sent out 16 winners already this season, which speaks to a stable running in good order. When a yard is firing like that, horses around them tend to benefit — the confidence, the routine, and the small daily decisions all add up. For Simple Things, the question is simply whether that improvement curve has one more step left in it, the one that ends with a win rather than another honest placed effort.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
16 May
2nd
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
18 Apr
2nd
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 10 runners
21 Mar
DNF
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
12 Jan
8th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 16 runners
13 Dec
7th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 13 runners
4 Nov
3rd
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 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 |
|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
13 Dec |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Mar |
0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
16 May |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Jan |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
18 Apr |
0% |