Icare Desbois — Horse Explorer | Saturday Racing

Career Trajectory

last 20 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF
OR mark

Peak form: 100
Mean: 34
Win %: 15%
Placed %: 35%
Trend: Fading

Course Record

12 venues

Career strike 35%; best at Fairyhouse (IRE) (50% from 2 runs).

Killarney (IRE) 25% 0-1-4
Naas (IRE) 33% 1-0-3
Fairyhouse (IRE) 50% 1-0-2
Leopardstown (IRE) 50% 0-1-2
Punchestown (IRE) 50% 0-1-2
Clonmel (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
Curragh (IRE) 100% 1-0-1
Down Royal (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Galway (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Listowel (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Navan (IRE) 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

11 jockeys · 2 trainers

Jockeys

Paul Townend 14% 1-0-7
Colin Keane 33% 0-1-3
Cian Quirke NOW 0% 0-0-2
Danny Mullins 100% 0-1-1
Kieran Callaghan 100% 0-1-1
Miss J Townend 100% 1-0-1
Peter Smithers 100% 0-1-1
Stephanie Searle 100% 1-0-1
Michael O'Sullivan 0% 0-0-1
Sean Flanagan 0% 0-0-1
Sean O'Keeffe 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

W P Mullins 38% 3-2-13
David Harry Kelly NOW 29% 0-2-7

Going Record

17 classifiable runs

Allrounder Handles a range — peak 50% on Good, but no surface bias jumps out.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm — 0 runs
Good 50% 1-1-4
Good to Soft 40% 1-1-5
Soft 29% 1-1-7
Heavy 100% 0-1-1

Distance Record

20 classifiable runs

Specialist Pure middle horse — 67% in-the-money at 1m1f – 1m4f.

Sprint ≤ 6f — 0 runs
Seven 6½ – 7f — 0 runs
Mile 7f – 1m1f — 0 runs
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f 67% 1-1-3
Staying ≥ 1m4f 29% 2-3-17

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

8th/10 9 May 2026 23 days ago

Killarney (IRE)
- 2m1f
- Good To Yielding
- Tongue tie + blinkers
btn 12 OR 119 -3

Cian Quirke

Midfield - slightly hampered 4 out - weakened from 3 out(op 28/1)
20th/24 30 Apr 2026 32 days ago

Punchestown (IRE)
- 2m7½f
- Yielding
- Tongue tie + blinkers
btn 19 OR 122

Cian Quirke

In touch with leaders - mistake 7th - weakened before 2 out(op 100/1)
3rd/5 8 Jan 2026 144 days ago

Clonmel (IRE)
- 2m1f
- Heavy
Peter Smithers

Held up in last - headway after 3 out - outpaced when hampered by faller after 2 out - soon weakened(op 18/1)
15th/17 27 Dec 2025 156 days ago

Leopardstown (IRE)
- 2m
- Yielding
Sean Flanagan

Midfield - mistake 1st - hampered by faller 2nd - weakened approaching last(op 22/1)
7th/14 26 Nov 2025 187 days ago

Dundalk (AW) (IRE)
- 1m4f
- Standard
- Tongue tie
btn 2.5

Colin Keane

Midfield - outpaced 2f out - no impression(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
8th/10 22 Oct 2025 222 days ago

Navan (IRE)
- 1m6f
- Soft
btn 7.5

Colin Keane

Prominent early - soon lost ground and towards rear - some headway over 4f out - weakened home straight(op 7/2)
3rd/6 6 Oct 2025 238 days ago

Killarney (IRE)
- 1m3f
- Soft
btn 0.05

Colin Keane

In touch with leaders - headway over 2f out - briefly went second over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 11/1 tchd 9/1)
5th/13 1 Dec 2024 547 days ago

Fairyhouse (IRE)
- 2m½f
- Yielding
Paul Townend

In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - jumped slightly right last - kept on(op 9/1)
9th/15 27 Sep 2024 612 days ago

Listowel (IRE)
- 2m
- Soft
Sean O'Keeffe

Jumped right on occasions - in touch with leaders early - led before 1st - headed and weakened before 2 out(op 16/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 18/1)
1st/20 31 Aug 2024 639 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 1m4f
- Good
won

Stephanie Searle

(op 11/4)