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Aurora Nova: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Aurora Nova is a 7-year-old mare by Holy Roman Emperor, trained by Andrew McNamara. She has won 4 of 41 starts and placed in 7 more. Her best trip is 5f, where 3 wins from 18 is a 17% strike rate against 4% at every other distance. She runs next in the 4:39 at Laytown on 10 September. Her best performance rating is 81, which is the figure to judge her against in this grade.

  • Runs 41
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 11
  • Strike rate 10%
  • Best rating 81
  • Official rating 60

Where Aurora Nova runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:39 Laytown Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Race —

Aurora Nova form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
23 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Big Evs At Tally-Ho Handicap 5f Good 10 8 16/1 Sam Coen 60
9 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap 6f Good To Firm 14 9.75 33/1 Wesley Joyce 62
11 Jul 26 Navan Newgrange Hotel Handicap 6f Good 13 6.75 20/1 Wesley Joyce 64
7 Jun 26 Navan Navan Handicap 6f Good 9 16.25 12/1 Wesley Joyce 66
31 May 26 Listowel Croom House Stud Handicap 6.5f Good 5 3.75 14/1 Wesley Joyce 66
11 Apr 26 Bellewstown His Majesty's Cup Handicap 5f Soft 3 1.75 11/1 Jamie Powell 68
3 Apr 26 Curragh 1xBet.ie Supports Safe Gambling Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Sprint Handicap 6f Soft To Heavy 12 13.25 33/1 Wesley Joyce 69
16 Oct 25 Curragh Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap 5f Yielding 9 5 18/1 Paddy Harnett 71
1 Oct 25 Bellewstown WTW Willis Handicap 5f Soft 6 3.75 9/2 Nicola Burns 73
30 Sep 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 6f Yielding 10 7.5 8/1 Nicola Burns 73
22 Sep 25 Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 7f Yielding 5 3.25 14/1 Wesley Joyce 73
26 Aug 25 Bellewstown Dolly's Bar & Pantry Handicap 5f Good 3 .25 10/1 Wesley Joyce 75
9 Aug 25 Curragh Kwiff: Proud Sponsors Of The Supercharge Series Handicap 6f Good 9 9.5 28/1 Wesley Joyce 76
25 Jul 25 Cork Doneraile Handicap 5f Good To Firm 11 9.75 18/1 Wesley Joyce 76
5 Jul 25 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 6f Good 3 2.75 7/4F Nicola Burns 69
3 Jul 25 Bellewstown Indaver Ireland Handicap 5f Good 1 — 85/40F Nicola Burns 69
20 Jun 25 Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 5f Good 1 — 10/3 Jamie Powell 64
4 Jun 25 Curragh Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap 6.5f Good 6 2.5 40/1 Wesley Joyce 64
26 Apr 25 Navan Kilberry Apprentice Handicap 5f Soft 18 9.75 14/1 Wesley Joyce 67
5 Apr 25 Bellewstown Awardsandgifts.ie Handicap (0-60) 5f Good 1 — 11/1 Wesley Joyce 60
25 Aug 24 Naas Persian Force At Tally-Ho Handicap (47-65) 5f Good To Yielding 18 10.25 14/1 Jack Kearney 62
17 Aug 24 Curragh Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap (47-75) 6f Good To Firm 8 6.25 22/1 Luke McAteer 64
6 Jul 24 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 6f Good 6 3.25 15/2 Wesley Joyce 67
21 Jun 24 Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 5f Good 4 5.25 9/2 Wesley Joyce 67
14 Jun 24 Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Handicap (47-65) 6f Good 1 — 9/2 Gary Carroll 55
30 May 24 Fairyhouse See You Next Friday Handicap (47-65) 6f Good 2 .5 11/1 Colin Keane 51
18 May 24 Navan Flower Hill Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 6f Good 11 9.75 13/2 Hugh Horgan 48
15 May 24 Sligo Yeats Country Claiming Race 6f Good 3 1 18/1 Chris Hayes 48
24 Apr 24 Gowran Park Thomastown Handicap (47-65) 7f Yielding 8 7.25 18/1 Seamie Heffernan 49
30 May 23 Tipperary Tipperary Races Claiming Race 7.5f Good 10 16.75 20/1 Colin Keane 58
23 May 23 Gowran Park Membership At Gowran Park Golf Club Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 1m Good 9 8 18/1 Colin Keane 60
30 Apr 23 Sligo Tote Never Beaten By SP Handicap (47-65) 5.5f Soft To Heavy 8 5.25 8/1 Jack Kearney 60
14 Apr 23 Dundalk (AW) 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 7f Standard 4 1.75 18/1 Jack Kearney 61
3 Mar 23 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden 6f Standard 14 22.25 20/1 Jack Kearney 61
17 Feb 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 5f Standard 8 6 18/1 Jack Kearney 62
4 Nov 22 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Maiden 5f Standard 4 2.75 16/1 Jack Kearney 66
13 Oct 22 Curragh Hollywoodbets First Past The Post Promotion Handicap (47-75) 5f Yielding To Soft 16 14.25 28/1 Robbie Colgan 67
26 Sep 22 Down Royal Madri Excepcional Maiden 5f Yielding To Soft 2 .5 7/1 Robbie Colgan –
2 Sep 22 Down Royal Irish European Breeders Fund Supporting Irish Champions Weekend Maiden 5f Good 3 1.25 33/1 Robbie Colgan –
14 Oct 21 Curragh Hollywoodbets Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 5f Yielding 7 7.25 50/1 Robbie Colgan –
4 Sep 21 Navan Irish EBF Auction Series Fillies Maiden 5.5f Good 6 4 11/1 Rory Cleary –

Last time out

Finished 10 in the Big Evs At Tally-Ho Handicap at Naas (IRE) on 23 August 2026. Held up towards the nearside in the main pack - needed urging 2f out - dropped away over 1f out and finished well held in 10th.

Aurora Nova by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
5f 18 3 17%
6f 14 1 7%
7f 3 0 0%
6.5f 2 0 0%
5.5f 2 0 0%
7.5f 1 0 0%
8f 1 0 0%

Aurora Nova by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 21 4 19%
Yielding 5 0 0%
Standard 4 0 0%
Good To Firm 3 0 0%
Soft 3 0 0%
Soft To Heavy 2 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 2 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%

Aurora Nova by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 7 0 0%
Navan 5 0 0%
Bellewstown 5 2 40%
Down Royal 4 1 25%
Dundalk (AW) 4 0 0%
Fairyhouse 3 1 33%
Naas 3 0 0%
Cork 2 0 0%
Sligo 2 0 0%
Gowran Park 2 0 0%

Aurora Nova breeding

  • Sire Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)
  • Dam Novat (IRE)
  • Damsire Tagula (IRE)
  • Breeder Denis And Mrs Teresa Bergin
  • Foaled 9 April 2019

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