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Spanish Maid

Spanish Maid is an 8-year-old who has taken her time to get going, but right now she is one of the more interesting horses to follow in Irish racing. Across 21 races she has won twice and finished in the frame five more times — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 10 races — which, on the surface, sounds modest. But the timing of those wins tells a more compelling story.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Mare
Colour
Bay
Father
Workforce
Mother
Maid For Money
Owner
Rory F Larkin
Rating
78

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
21
Career races
2
Wins
9.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
23.8%
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
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Her first career win came at Tramore in April 2026, and within a month she had added a second at Punchestown — one of the most prestigious tracks in Ireland — just this week. Two wins from her last six races is a sharp turnaround from a horse who had spent most of her career threatening rather than delivering, and it suggests something has clicked, whether that is fitness, confidence, or simply finding the right conditions.

What makes that Punchestown win particularly worth noting is the venue itself. Winning there is not the same as winning at a quiet midweek track. Punchestown carries real prestige, and a horse who gets it right there is doing something right. Coming just days after her Tramore win, it points to a horse who is genuinely in form rather than flukily in the right place.

She is trained by Ross O'Sullivan at his yard in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, and the operation is clearly firing well — 35 winners sent out this season alone. That is a busy, confident yard, and Spanish Maid appears to be one of the horses benefitting from that momentum.

One curious footnote: her most regular partner, jockey Donagh Meyler, has ridden her in 11 of her races without a single win between them. That is not necessarily damning — horses and jockeys can simply not click despite plenty of chances — but it makes her two recent wins, almost certainly not with Meyler aboard, feel all the more striking. She has been watched closely for a long time. Lately, she has started giving people something to shout about.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on yielding ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 7 starts
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Yet to win at Fairyhouse in 5 attempts
Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Unknown
Long Distance (2M+)
Ok
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
13 May
🏆 Won
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 22 runners
19 Apr
🏆 Won
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 10 runners
17 Mar
2nd
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
17 Jan
8th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 14 runners
21 Nov
4th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 9 runners
13 Nov
DNF
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 18 runners
20 Sep
14th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 runners
2 Jun
10th
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
14 May
13th
Tipperary
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
4 Apr
DNF
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 19 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
0%
Win rate
0/11
Won / Rode
Benjamin P Kennedy
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
Michael Kenneally(5) Current Jockey
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Mr J H Williamson
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Mr R A Jackson
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
Fairyhouse
Galloping
5 5 other 21 Nov 0%
Punchestown
Galloping
3 1 win, 2 other 13 May 33.3%
Wexford
Sharp
2 1 second, 1 other 17 Mar 0%
Tipperary
Galloping
2 1 third, 1 other 14 May 0%
Navan
Galloping
2 2 other 17 Jan 0%
Sligo
Sharp
2 1 third, 1 other 21 Aug 0%
Tramore
Sharp
1 1 win 19 Apr 100%
Clonmel
Sharp
1 1 other 27 Feb 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
1 1 other 9 Mar 0%
Listowel
Sharp
1 1 other 2 Jun 0%
Naas
Galloping
1 1 other 4 Apr 0%