Skillman Ave
Skillman Ave is a 4-year-old who has had to be patient to find the winner's enclosure, and it shows in the numbers: just 1 win from 23 races — that's a win rate of roughly 1 in every 23 outings. The sole victory came at Tipperary in July 2025, and while that was a genuine breakthrough moment, it has remained the only one. In the six races since, the best finishes have been a pair of eighth-place efforts, which tells you this horse is competitive without quite being able to get its head in front.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
21.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The partnership with jockey Gary Carroll hasn't cracked the code either. In seven races together, they are yet to win, and recent results — finishing eighth, tenth, eleventh and eleventh in four of the last six outings — suggest Skillman Ave is finding life tough at its current level. Five places from 23 races shows there's some ability here, enough to be thereabouts without threatening the winner, but consistency has been the missing ingredient throughout.
Trainer John C McConnell operates out of Stamullen in County Meath and has had a productive season, sending out 38 winners, so the yard clearly knows how to get horses to perform. Skillman Ave, though, has been one of the more stubborn puzzles to solve. With just one win on the board and a return to form overdue — the horse raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping it busy — the hope will be that Tipperary form can be built upon. For now, it remains a horse looking for its moment rather than one that has found 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 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 8 starts
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Yet to win at Dundalk in 8 attempts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 May
8th
Sligo
5f – 6½f · Yielding_To_Soft · 14 runners
25 Apr
DNF
Navan
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 17 runners
13 Mar
10th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 runners
3 Dec
11th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 17 runners
12 Nov
8th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
24 Oct
11th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
10 Oct
10th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 17 runners
1 Oct
5th
Bellewstown
5f – 6½f · Soft · 10 runners
22 Sep
16th
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 21 runners
26 Aug
7th
Bellewstown
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 9 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
8 |
2 thirds, 6 other |
13 Mar |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
4 |
4 other |
10 May |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
9 Aug |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
25 Apr |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
2 Jul |
100% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Aug |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
3 May |
0% |