Nouvel Espoir — Horse Explorer | Saturday Racing

Career Trajectory

last 26 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF
OR mark

Peak form: 100
Mean: 34
Win %: 12%
Placed %: 35%
Trend: Steady

Course Record

7 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Navan (IRE) — well clear of the 35% career baseline.

Curragh (IRE) 20% 0-2-10
Navan (IRE) SPEC 50% 1-3-8
Naas (IRE) 25% 0-1-4
Cork (IRE) 100% 1-0-1
Tipperary (IRE) 100% 1-0-1
Down Royal (IRE) 0% 0-0-1
Galway (IRE) 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

14 jockeys · 1 trainer

Jockeys

Shay Wallace 20% 1-0-5
Ben Coen 50% 1-1-4
Dylan Browne McMonagle NOW 67% 1-1-3
Jimmy Dalton 50% 0-1-2
E E Ryan 0% 0-0-2
Wayne Hassett 0% 0-0-2
Chris Hayes 100% 0-1-1
Colin Keane 100% 0-1-1
Keithen Kennedy 100% 0-1-1
Conor Stone-Walsh 0% 0-0-1
Gary Carroll 0% 0-0-1
Julian Pietropaolo 0% 0-0-1
Nathan Crosse 0% 0-0-1
Seamie Heffernan 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

James M Barcoe NOW 35% 3-6-26

Going Record

20 classifiable runs

Softleaning Loves the dig — 50% in-the-money on softer ground vs 0% on fast.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm 100% 1-0-1
Good 40% 0-4-10
Good to Soft 33% 1-0-3
Soft 50% 0-2-4
Heavy 0% 0-0-2

Distance Record

26 classifiable runs

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

Sprint ≤ 6f 36% 3-6-25
Seven 6½ – 7f 0% 0-0-1
Mile 7f – 1m1f — 0 runs
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f — 0 runs
Staying ≥ 1m4f — 0 runs

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

2nd/16 9 May 2026 13 days ago

Naas (IRE)
- 5f
- Good
btn .5 OR 63

Dylan Browne McMonagle

In touch with leaders towards far side - headway and challenging inside final furlong - ran on and went second towards finish(tchd 10/1)
14th/16 25 Apr 2026 27 days ago

Navan (IRE)
- 5f
- Good To Yielding
E E Ryan

Dwelt start - towards rear - hung left but some headway from over 2f out - not clear run repeatedly from over 1f out - not recover(op 10/1)
18th/21 19 Apr 2026 33 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 6f
- Soft
E E Ryan

Prominent towards far side - weakened over 1f out(op 50/1)
8th/14 2 Nov 2025 201 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 5f
- Heavy
Wayne Hassett

Held up in rear - outpaced and detached after 2f - switched right and rallied inside final furlong - ran on final 110yds - never on…
4th/11 22 Oct 2025 212 days ago

Navan (IRE)
- 5f
- Soft
btn 0.3 OR 65

Dylan Browne McMonagle

Raced far side - towards rear - headway over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong - nearest finish(op 5/1)
13th/16 16 Oct 2025 218 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 5f
- Yielding
Jimmy Dalton

In touch with leaders in centre of group - weakened quickly from over 1f out
2nd/18 6 Sep 2025 258 days ago

Navan (IRE)
- 5f
- Good
Jimmy Dalton

Midfield - in touch with leaders 2f out - edged left over 1f out - soon went second - no impression final 110yds(op 5/1)
8th/21 30 Aug 2025 265 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 6f
- Good To Yielding
Shay Wallace

Midfield - prominent up the centre 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
7th/13 9 Aug 2025 286 days ago

Curragh (IRE)
- 6f
- Good
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Gary Carroll

Midfield - kept on inside final furlong - not reach leaders(tchd 9/1)
7th/14 4 Aug 2025 291 days ago

Naas (IRE)
- 6f
- Good To Yielding
Shay Wallace

Raced far side - midfield - headway up the centre over 1f out - no impression final 110yds - 4th of 9 in group(op 20/1)