Star Allure
Seventeen races into a career and still searching for that first win, Star Allure is the kind of horse that tests a trainer's patience and an owner's optimism in equal measure. The 4-year-old has managed three placed finishes from those 17 outings — meaning it has finished in the frame roughly once every six races — but the winner's enclosure has so far remained out of reach. For context, a horse that places occasionally but never wins is often finding its level, competitive enough to be there or thereabouts but not quite able to put it all together when it matters most.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
J Dervan & Ms Riona Teggart
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
17.6%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
Recent form makes for tough reading. The last six runs show two finishes down in seventh, a third place that offered a flicker of hope, and then a slide back to eleventh and a pulled-up run sandwiched in there too. That pulled-up run is worth noting — it suggests at least one race where things went badly wrong, whether through injury, ground, or simply a bad day. The third place is the one bright spot, a reminder that Star Allure can compete when conditions suit.
Trained by Ms Claire O'Connell out of Ashbourne in County Meath, the horse is in a yard that has sent out four winners already this season, so the operation clearly knows how to get horses winning. O'Connell will be well aware of what Star Allure needs, and the fact that the horse raced just yesterday suggests the yard are actively trying to find the right opportunity rather than letting the season drift by. Whether that persistence pays off remains to be seen, but at four years old there is still time to find a race that fits.
⚡ Strengths & Risks
What the data says works for and against this horse
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Yet to win at Dundalk in 8 attempts
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 May
10th
Sligo
5f – 6½f · Yielding_To_Soft · 14 runners
27 Feb
DNF
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
13 Jan
11th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 17 runners
10 Dec
3rd
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 8 runners
28 Nov
7th
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 10 runners
22 Oct
7th
Navan
5f – 6½f · Soft · 9 runners
1 Oct
3rd
Bellewstown
5f – 6½f · Soft · 8 runners
6 Aug
4th
Sligo
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
15 Jul
5th
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding_To_Soft · 9 runners
21 Jun
4th
Ayr
7f – 1m · Good · 10 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 |
1 third, 7 other |
27 Feb |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
22 Oct |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
3 May |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jul |
0% |
| Ayr Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jun |
0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
20 May |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
1 Oct |
0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Jun |
0% |