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Brains: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Brains is a 10-year-old gelding by Dandy Man, trained by R Donohoe. He has won 6 of 50 starts and placed in 9 more, for £20,037 in prize money. His best trip is 7.5f, where 1 win from 4 is a 25% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 6:50 at Laytown on 10 September, where the best price is 12/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 95, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 50
  • Wins 6
  • Placed 15
  • Strike rate 12%
  • Prize money £20,037
  • Best rating 95
  • Official rating 56

Where Brains runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:50 Laytown O'NEILLS.COM Handicap 12/1 Bet365 bet365

Brains form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
20 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Unio Employee Benefits Handicap 7f Good To Yielding 6 3.5 12/1 Reese Holohan 56
6 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Carnival de Leop Handicap 7f Good 5 1 12/1 Sam Coen 56
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Handicap (Div II) 7f Good 7 4.75 11/1 Sam Coen 58
30 Jun 26 Roscommon Jimmy Murray Agri Services Handicap (0-60) 7.5f Good 5 4.5 6/1 Seamie Heffernan 59
1 Jun 26 Gowran Park KCLR 96FM Apprentice Handicap (0-60) 1m Yielding 6 6.5 5/1 Shay Wallace 59
11 May 26 Roscommon Next Meeting At Roscommon On Monday, 18th May Handicap (0-60) 7.5f Good 2 2.75 10/3J Shane Foley 55
15 Apr 26 Leopardstown BuzzBallz Handicap (0-60) 7f Yielding To Soft 4 1.75 9/1 Shane Foley 56
9 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m Standard 14 27.25 7/1 Patrick McGettigan 58
10 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (0-60) 7f Standard 5 3.75 12/1 N G McCullagh 60
29 Oct 25 Dundalk (AW) Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap (Div 2) 1m Standard 8 5.25 12/1 Patrick McGettigan 61
16 Oct 25 Curragh 1xbet.ie Supports Irish Racing Handicap 7f Yielding 13 7 12/1 Patrick McGettigan 61
2 Aug 25 Galway Ardilaun Hotel Handicap 7f Yielding 5 5.25 7/1 Patrick McGettigan 64
26 Jul 25 Gowran Park Bolands Mazda Carlow Handicap 1m Good 4 1.5 11/1 Patrick McGettigan 62
15 Jul 25 Killarney Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa Handicap 1m Yielding To Soft 3 1 20/1 Patrick McGettigan 61
19 Jun 25 Leopardstown Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap 7f Good 12 10.75 14/1 Patrick McGettigan 61
30 May 25 Down Royal BoyleSports Extra Places Every Day Handicap 7f Good 7 5.5 10/1 Keithen Kennedy 62
16 May 25 Leopardstown BoyleSports Daily Money Back Meetings Apprentice Handicap 1m Good 16 22 4/1F Nicola Burns 64
30 Mar 25 Leopardstown Sunday 11th May Leopardstown Family Day Handicap (0-60) 1m Good 1 — 4/1F Shane Foley 60
21 Feb 25 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap (47-70) 7f Standard 8 8 11/1 Nicola Burns 64
31 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (47-75) 1m Standard 7 7 80/1 Robbie Colgan 67
14 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Apprentice Handicap (47-70) 1m Standard 9 9.75 8/1 Keithen Kennedy 70
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Champion Trainer & Jockey Awards 2024 Handicap (47-75) 7f Standard 12 6 33/1 Robbie Colgan 73
27 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-75) 7f Standard 8 7.5 50/1 Robbie Colgan 74
14 Aug 24 Gowran Park Gowran Park Claiming Race 7f Good To Firm 6 6.5 9/2 Jack Cleary 76
30 Jul 24 Galway caulfieldindustrial.com Handicap (50-80) 7f Yielding 9 7.25 25/1 Robbie Colgan 79
30 Jun 24 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 15 31 25/1 Wayne Hassett 79
13 Jun 24 Leopardstown 1888 Restaurant Apprentice Handicap 7f Good To Yielding 3 4 11/2 Wayne Hassett 80
13 May 24 Roscommon www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap (50-80) 7.5f Soft 1 — 14/1 Adam Caffrey 72
10 Apr 24 Leopardstown SPIN1038 Handicap (50-80) 7f Heavy 3 3.25 17/2 Keithen Kennedy 72
8 Mar 24 Dundalk (AW) Peter Fitzpatrick Leod Quarries Handicap 1m Standard 2 .5 25/1 Robbie Colgan 75
23 Feb 24 Dundalk (AW) Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap 1m Standard 8 12 16/1 Leigh Roche 76
9 Feb 24 Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 1m Standard 11 14.25 11/1 Mikey Sheehy 77
31 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap 7f Standard 2 2 14/1 Mikey Sheehy 77
12 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) Floodlit Fridays Return To Dundalk Handicap (50-85) 7f Standard 9 6 11/1 Robbie Colgan 79
22 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Apprentice Rated Race 1m Standard 10 8.75 14/1 James Ryan 81
8 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Bar One Racing 'Bet 10 Euros Get 50 Euros Sign Up Offer' Handicap 1m Standard 4 6 9/1 Leigh Roche 82
15 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 1m Standard 8 14.25 1/2F Emmet McNamara 82
10 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts Across All Channels' Handicap 1m Standard 2 .5 9/4 Seamie Heffernan 82
1 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race 1m Standard 1 — 6/4F Seamie Heffernan 82
9 Sep 23 Kempton (AW) Unibet London Mile Series Final Handicap Class 2 1m Standard To Slow 6 3 80/1 Stefano Cherchi 82
22 Aug 23 Roscommon Londis Roscommon Handicap 7.5f Yielding To Soft 10 32 28/1 Daniel King 82
17 Jul 23 Killarney William Hill Epic Value Handicap 1m Yielding 6 7 16/1 Colin Keane 82
1 Jun 23 Lingfield (AW) bet365 Claiming Stakes (AWT) Class 5 1m Standard 1 — 13/8F Ross Coakley 82
1 Apr 23 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap Class 3 1m Standard To Slow 9 4.5 6/1 William Buick 83
10 Mar 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Spreadex Sports 300 Spread Betting Handicap Class 4 1m 0.5f Standard 3 2.75 9/2 Daniel Muscutt 83
3 Feb 23 Lingfield (AW) Spreadex Sports 2nd To Rag Insurance Handicap Class 4 1m Standard 3 1.5 17/2 Ross Coakley 83
14 Jan 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Class 4 1m Standard 1 — 85/40 Ross Coakley 79
19 Dec 22 Kempton (AW) Ladbrokes Fanzone 'Your Team Your Game' Handicap Class 5 1m Standard To Slow 1 — 13/8F Grace McEntee 71
26 Nov 22 Wolverhampton (AW) Spreadex Sports Live UK Racing Streaming Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Class 5 1m 0.5f Standard 5 2.25 3/1F Grace McEntee 71
17 Oct 22 Wolverhampton (AW) At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 9 4.5 18/1 Grace McEntee 74

Last time out

Finished 6 in the Unio Employee Benefits Handicap at Leopardstown (IRE) on 20 August 2026. Handy in the early running - sitting just off the pace and 5th at halfway - pushed forward to challenge 2f out - held 3rd approaching the final furlong - unable to find more and finished 6th.

Brains by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
8f 25 5 20%
7f 19 0 0%
7.5f 4 1 25%
8.5f 2 0 0%

Brains by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 24 3 13%
Good 10 1 10%
Yielding 5 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 3 0 0%
Standard To Slow 3 1 33%
Good To Yielding 2 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%
Soft 1 1 100%
Heavy 1 0 0%

Brains by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Dundalk (AW) 18 1 6%
Leopardstown 6 1 17%
Roscommon 4 1 25%
Gowran Park 3 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33%
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0%
Leopardstown (IRE) 2 0 0%
Curragh 2 0 0%
Galway 2 0 0%
Killarney 2 0 0%

Brains breeding

  • Sire Dandy Man (IRE)
  • Dam Pure Jazz (IRE)
  • Damsire Marju (IRE)
  • Breeder Kilnamoragh Stud
  • Foaled 1 April 2016

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