Small Bucks
Small Bucks won a fortnight ago at Tramore and is still racing hard, having run just yesterday. The five-year-old has found the winner's enclosure three times from 23 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 8 attempts — but what matters most is where and when it wins. On normal ground conditions, the horse comes alive: three victories from 14 races on that surface means it wins roughly 1 in every 5 times it gets the going it likes. That's a genuine strength, and any time Small Bucks lines up on standard turf, it has real chance.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
21.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🏁 Next Race
Today
Kilbeggan
About 2.4 miles · Slightly soft ground · 18 runners
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🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Recent form tells the story of a horse starting to click. Two wins in the last six races suggests Small Bucks is building momentum after a long search for consistency. The most recent race, yesterday, resulted in eighth place, but before that came a fourth-place finish — solid efforts that show the horse is competitive and still improving. Patrick M O'Brien has ridden Small Bucks five times without winning, which means the partnership hasn't quite found its rhythm together, but that's a small sample.
Trainer P E Collins, based at Bessbrook in County Down, has built a modest yard that sent out four winners this season. Small Bucks remains a work in progress — it is not a high-class horse, and its career earnings reflect that — but it has proven it can win on the right day, on the right ground, in the right race. For a five-year-old still racing actively with recent success behind it, that is enough to watch.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 3 wins from 14 starts (21%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
28 Aug
8th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
14 Aug
🏆 Won
Tramore
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
29 Jul
14th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 23 runners
14 Jul
🏆 Won
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
5 Jun
10th
Clonmel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
8 May
4th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
4 May
DNF
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 23 runners
3 Mar
DNF
Leopardstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 13 runners
27 Aug
13th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
4 Aug
8th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 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 |
4 |
4 other |
15 Nov |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
14 Jul |
33.3% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
4 Aug |
33.3% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
28 Aug |
0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
5 Jun |
0% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
3 Apr |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
14 Aug |
100% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
3 Mar |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
27 Aug |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
29 Jul |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
1 Sep |
0% |