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Career Trajectory

last 14 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF
OR mark

Peak form: 100
Mean: 54
Win %: 21%
Placed %: 50%
Trend: Climbing

Course Record

10 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Dundalk (AW) (IRE) — well clear of the 50% career baseline.

Dundalk (AW) (IRE) SPEC 67% 1-1-3
Ballinrobe (IRE) 50% 0-1-2
Listowel (IRE) 50% 1-0-2
Down Royal (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
Killarney (IRE) 100% 1-0-1
Thurles (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
Punchestown (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Roscommon (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Sligo (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Tipperary (IRE) 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

7 jockeys · 1 trainer

Jockeys

Philip Byrnes NOW 50% 1-2-6
Sean Davis 33% 0-1-3
Alex Harvey 100% 1-0-1
Jack Kearney(3) 100% 0-1-1
W J Lee 100% 1-0-1
Colin Keane 0% 0-0-1
Luke McAteer 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

C Byrnes NOW 50% 3-4-14

Going Record

12 classifiable runs

Allrounder Handles a range — peak 67% on Good to Soft, but no surface bias jumps out.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm — 0 runs
Good 50% 2-2-8
Good to Soft 67% 1-1-3
Soft 0% 0-0-1
Heavy — 0 runs

Distance Record

14 classifiable runs

Allrounder Versatile — handles a range of trips with similar effectiveness.

Sprint ≤ 6f — 0 runs
Seven 6½ – 7f — 0 runs
Mile 7f – 1m1f 0% 0-0-2
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f 60% 1-2-5
Staying ≥ 1m4f 57% 2-2-7

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

1st/8 1 Jun 2026 0 days ago

Listowel (IRE)
- 2m
- Yielding
- Cheekpieces
won 0 OR 119 -1

Philip Byrnes

Held up in rear - headway before 2 out - soon went fourth and ridden - ran on well from last - led towards finish(tchd 8/1 and 10/1)
12th/24 1 May 2026 31 days ago

Punchestown (IRE)
- 2m
- Yielding
- Cheekpieces
btn 8.5 OR 120 +63

Philip Byrnes

Towards rear - midfield omitted 3 out - bit short of room omitted 2 out - some headway approaching last - no extra run-in(op 22/1)
1st/14 10 Dec 2025 173 days ago

Dundalk (AW) (IRE)
- 1m2½f
- Standard
won 0 OR 57

W J Lee

Midfield - headway over 2f out - ridden when disputed lead inside final furlong - just did enough(tchd 7/2)
6th/14 21 Nov 2025 192 days ago

Dundalk (AW) (IRE)
- 1m4f
- Standard
- Cheekpieces
btn 1.5 OR 57

Luke McAteer

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on inner - weakened from over 1f out(op 3/1 tchd 6/4 and tchd 10/3)
3rd/14 7 Nov 2025 206 days ago

Dundalk (AW) (IRE)
- 1m4f
- Standard
- Cheekpieces
btn 1.75 OR 57 -62

Jack Kearney

Dwelt start - took keen hold - soon midfield - headway over 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 15/8 and tchd 9/4)
3rd/12 1 Nov 2025 212 days ago

Down Royal (IRE)
- 2m1f
- Yielding
- Cheekpieces
btn .5 OR 119 +61

Philip Byrnes

In touch with leaders - headway before 2 out - outpaced approaching last - rallied and kept on run-in - went third towards finish(op 16/1)
3rd/9 9 Oct 2025 235 days ago

Thurles (IRE)
- 1m4½f
- Good To Yielding
- Cheekpieces
btn 2.5 OR 58 -61

Sean Davis

Took keen hold - prominent - weakened final 110yds(tchd 9/4)
4th/12 26 Sep 2025 248 days ago

Listowel (IRE)
- 2m
- Good To Yielding
- Cheekpieces
btn 3.25 OR 119 +6

Philip Byrnes

Midfield - headway 3 out - no impression from 2 out - mistake and lost third last (jockey said gelding got tight for room at 1st bend)(op…
1st/8 21 Aug 2025 284 days ago

Killarney (IRE)
- 2m1f
- Good
- Cheekpieces
won 0 OR 113

Alex Harvey

Held up in midfield - in touch with leaders home turn - left in lead 3 out - went clear after 2 out - steadied last - ran on well run-in -…
4th/8 7 Aug 2025 298 days ago

Sligo (IRE)
- 2m2f
- Good
- Cheekpieces
btn 0.2 OR 113

Philip Byrnes

Midfield - prominent after 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)