The Rock Factor
Four races in, still searching for that first win — The Rock Factor is a 4-year-old with something to prove. Trained by
Emmet Mullins out of Bagenalstown in County Carlow, the horse has managed one placed finish from its four outings so far, a record that reflects a horse still finding its feet rather than one making a mark.
Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Owner
Ivan Holloway & Mrs Catherine Holloway
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
25%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
The recent form makes for tough reading: finishing fifth on its best recent showing, then sliding back to eighth and ninth before a latest run just one day ago that produced no finish recorded at all. That kind of trajectory — moving in the wrong direction — is the sort of thing that tests a yard's patience and belief in a horse's longer-term potential.
What keeps the story from feeling entirely gloomy is who is doing the training. Emmet Mullins has sent out 31 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a yard scraping around at the bottom of the sport — these are people who know how to get a horse ready to win. When a stable of that quality keeps running a horse, it usually means they see something worth persisting with. Whether The Rock Factor eventually justifies that faith is the question still waiting for an answer.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race Distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 May
DNF
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 13 runners
24 Apr
8th
Cork
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
30 Mar
9th
Navan
7f – 1m · Heavy · 15 runners
9 Jan
5th
Naas
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 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 |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jan |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Mar |
0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 May |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Apr |
0% |