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Elusive Duke: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Elusive Duke is a 4-year-old gelding by Elzaam, trained by M A Molloy. He has won 1 of 17 starts and placed in 5 more, for £2,399 in prize money. He has won 1 of 8 on good ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 7:15 at Cork on 9 September, where the best price is 10/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 76, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 17
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 6
  • Strike rate 6%
  • Prize money £2,399
  • Best rating 76
  • Official rating 65

Where Elusive Duke runs next

Time Course Race Best price
7:15 Cork Racing Again September 29th Handicap 10/1 Bet365 bet365

Elusive Duke form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
28 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Caulfield Industrial Handicap 1m 0.5f Yielding 10 11 6/1 Wesley Joyce 65
20 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Daily Sports Special At Tote.ie Handicap 1m 1.5f Good To Yielding 2 1.25 3/1F Colin Keane 62
14 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa Handicap 1m Good 7 8 2/1F Oisin Murphy 62
24 Jun 26 Naas Colm White Bookmaker Apprentice Handicap 1m 3f Good 2 .75 9/2 Jimmy Dalton 62
12 Jun 26 Gowran Park Gowran Park Handicap 1m 1.5f Yielding 2 — 5/1 J M Sheridan 61
4 Jun 26 Leopardstown BOYLE Sports Best Odds From 8am Handicap 1m 1f Soft 7 14.75 12/1 Jack Cleary 62
24 Aug 25 Naas Hartes Group Apprentice Handicap 1m 2.5f Good 3 9.25 7/2F Patrick McGettigan 66
1 Aug 25 Galway Arthur Guinness Handicap 1m 0.5f Yielding 5 5.25 12/1 Gavin Ryan 65
1 Jul 25 Roscommon Conor Cassidy Car Sales Handicap 1m 2.5f Yielding 4 10.75 11/2 Ronan Whelan 65
19 Jun 25 Leopardstown Jerry Fish Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m 1f Good 1 — 4/1F Ronan Whelan 58
11 Jun 25 Limerick Follow Limerick On Instagram Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 7f Good 4 3.75 5/1 Wayne Lordan 60
29 May 25 Fairyhouse Fairynights At Fairyhouse Handicap 6f Good 5 7 7/1 Wayne Lordan 64
5 May 25 Curragh Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Parishes Day Handicap 6f Good 24 16 33/1 Wayne Lordan 71
28 Apr 25 Naas Enjoy Racing TV With A FREE Trial Now Handicap 6f Good To Yielding 12 16.75 40/1 Wayne Lordan 75
6 Apr 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 5f Good 8 7.25 28/1 Robbie Colgan –
11 Oct 24 Dundalk (AW) Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden 7f Standard 6 6.25 7/2 Seamie Heffernan –
11 Sep 24 Cork Coolmore Stud Gleneagles Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden 6f Good To Firm 2 4.5 66/1 Seamie Heffernan –

Last time out

Finished 10 in the Caulfield Industrial Handicap at Galway (IRE) on 28 July 2026. Settled in the pack - 8th at halfway - into 6th turning for home - asked for effort 2f out but couldn't find more and faded to finish well held.

Elusive Duke by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
6f 4 0 0%
8.5f 2 0 0%
9.5f 2 0 0%
9f 2 1 50%
10.5f 2 0 0%
7f 2 0 0%
8f 1 0 0%
11f 1 0 0%
5f 1 0 0%

Elusive Duke by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 8 1 13%
Yielding 4 0 0%
Good To Yielding 2 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%
Standard 1 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%

Elusive Duke by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Naas 3 0 0%
Leopardstown 2 1 50%
Cork 2 0 0%
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0%
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0%
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0%
Gowran Park 1 0 0%
Galway 1 0 0%
Roscommon 1 0 0%
Limerick 1 0 0%

Elusive Duke breeding

  • Sire Elzaam (AUS)
  • Dam Elusive Duchess (IRE)
  • Damsire Elusive Pimpernel (USA)
  • Breeder Thomas Westropp Bennett
  • Foaled 10 April 2022

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