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Tara Power

There is a certain kind of racehorse that never quite makes the headlines but keeps turning up, year after year, quietly doing its job. Tara Power is exactly that. The eight-year-old has raced 49 times and won just twice — a win rate of around 4%, or 1 in every 25 races — which on the face of it looks modest. But dig a little deeper and a more interesting story emerges.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
8 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
Estidhkaar
Mother
Belle Mare Plage
Owner
Karl Davis/Phoenix Bloodstock Syndicate
Rating
40

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
49
Career races
2
Wins
4.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
16.3%
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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Both of those wins have come at Dundalk, Ireland's all-weather track, where Tara Power has now raced 26 times. Winning 2 from 26 anywhere might not sound like much, but the fact that every single win this horse has ever produced has come at the same venue tells you something real: Dundalk suits Tara Power in a way that no other track does. The first win there came in November 2021, and the most recent — perhaps the most impressive detail in this profile — arrived on 28 February 2025, just 14 months ago. This is not a horse that won once and faded away. It came back and did it again at the same track, three and a half years later.

On normal ground, Tara Power finds its best form, going 2 from 26 on a standard surface — that same 1-in-13 ratio. And step the horse up in distance to between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, and the numbers improve further: 1 win from 7 races, which is closer to 1 in every 7 outings. For a horse with an overall record this thin, that is a meaningful uptick, and suggests stamina is quietly its friend.

Trained by Keith Henry Clarke out of Drumree in County Meath — a small yard that has sent out just one winner this season — Tara Power is ridden most regularly by Gavin Ryan, though their nine races together have not yet produced a win. The recent form reads 7-6-11-7-4 in the last five completed runs, so it is not winning right now. But it raced just one day ago, it is clearly still in training, and it still has unfinished business at Dundalk. For a horse that has made 49 appearances and won at the same track twice, that is not nothing.

Strengths & Risks

What the data says works for and against this horse
✓ What works in their favour
Excellent record on standard ground: 2 wins from 26 starts (8%)
Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 6% win rate
Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 14% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 8 starts
Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
Poor record on heavy ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
Yet to win at Bellewstown in 8 attempts
Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 9 starts

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
📏 Race Distance
1M1F – 1M2F
Loves
1M6F – 2M
Loves
5F – 6½F
Unknown
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
7F – 1M
Avoids
1M3F – 1M4F
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
23 Apr
7th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 12 runners
11 Apr
6th
Bellewstown
1m3f – 1m4f · Soft · 14 runners
20 Mar
DNF
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 13 runners
10 Dec
11th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 14 runners
19 Sep
7th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
15 Aug
4th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
10 Jul
14th
Leopardstown
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 21 runners
4 Jul
6th
Bellewstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 15 runners
26 Apr
13th
Navan
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 21 runners
28 Mar
8th
Dundalk
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard · 13 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
Gavin Ryan Current Jockey
0%
Win rate
0/9
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
Conor Maxwell
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Mark Enright
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Rory Mulligan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Tom Madden
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Cian MacRedmond
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Keithen Kennedy
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Dundalk
Galloping
26 2 wins, 1 second, 1 third, 22 other 23 Apr 7.7%
Bellewstown
Sharp
8 1 second, 1 third, 6 other 11 Apr 0%
Leopardstown
Galloping
4 1 second, 3 other 10 Jul 0%
Navan
Galloping
4 4 other 26 Apr 0%
Galway
Tight
2 2 other 6 Sep 0%
Punchestown
Galloping
1 1 other 13 Sep 0%
Listowel
Sharp
1 1 other 4 Jun 0%
Fairyhouse
Galloping
1 1 other 7 Jun 0%
Thurles
Undulating
1 1 other 6 Oct 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
1 1 other 12 Jun 0%