Convincing Racehorse Profile
Convincing is a 5-year-old Gelding, trained by CIARAN MURPHY, based at Laytown. With 21 career starts and 1 win, it has earned $11,458.
- Age
- 5
- Sex
- Gelding
- Trainer
- CIARAN MURPHY
- Trained at
- Laytown
- Sire
- Make Believe
- Dam
- Queen Of Malta
- Sire of dam
- Exceed And Excel
- Career
- 21:1-0-3
- Prize money
- $11,458
- Last start
- 10 Sept 2026
- Recent form
- 0-9505
Convincing Form Guide
Convincing — last 20 starts
| Date | Track | Dist | Class | Going | Bar | Wgt | Jockey | Result | Margin | Time | SP | Winner / 2nd |
|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Laytown (ire) | 1408m | Pride Of Place Maiden | Standard | 4 | 140kg | Jack Kearney | 8 of 9 | 14.75L | 1:25.62 | — | Hugo's Girl (IRE) |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Bellewstown (ire) | 3456m | John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div I) | Good | 0 | 156kg | Eoghan Finegan | 4 of 15 | 6.75L | 4:8.05 | — | Crypto Crash (GB) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Kilbeggan (ire) | 3219m | Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle | Good | 0 | 150kg | Eoghan Finegan | 1 of 13 | — | 3:47.30 | — | Convincing (IRE) |
| 22 July 2026 | Naas (ire) | 1609m | O'Neill & Co. Apprentice Handicap | Good | 6 | 134kg | Gabriella Hill | 5 of 18 | 2.25L | 1:40.10 | — | Dinamine (IRE) |
| 15 July 2026 | Killarney (ire) | 1646m | Executive Helicopters Handicap | Good | 2 | 140kg | Ben Coen | 11 of 13 | 11.5L | 1:46.81 | — | Bella Colombia (IRE) |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Navan | 2012m | Book Your Navan Summer BBQ Packages Apprentice Handicap | Heavy | 11 | 124kg | Conor Cusack | 5 of 13 | 7.25L | 2:23.94 | — | Satono Chevalier (IRE) |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Curragh | 1609m | 1xBet.ie Supporting Irish Racing Handicap | Heavy | 6 | 133kg | Ben Coen | 9 of 26 | 12.25L | 1:54.55 | — | Electric Beauty (IRE) |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Thurles | 3250m | Holycross Maiden Hurdle | Soft | 0 | 158kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 7 of 17 | 48.75L | 4:31.39 | — | Laurets D'estruval (FR) |
| 11 Jan 2026 | Punchestown | 3330m | Sky Bet, For The Fans Maiden Hurdle | Soft To Heavy | 0 | 166kg | E Walsh | 13 of 20 | 59L | 4:41.70 | — | I Started A Joke (IRE) |
| 26 Dec 2025 | Limerick | 3219m | Signsplus Maiden Hurdle | Heavy | 0 | 153kg | E Walsh | 10 of 17 | 42.25L | 4:26.56 | — | Starting Fifteen (GB) |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Dundalk (aw) | 2149m | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap | Standard | 7 | 133kg | Patrick Mcgettigan | 10 of 14 | 6L | 2:21.54 | — | Cherry Pink (IRE) |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Curragh | 2012m | Final Furlong Podcast With 1xbet.ie Handicap | Heavy | 26 | 137kg | Shane Foley | 9 of 25 | 7.5L | 2:16.47 | — | Syzygy (GB) |
| 12 Oct 2025 | Naas | 2126m | TRM Calphormin - Strong Foundation, Strong Future Apprentice Handicap | Yielding | 14 | 134kg | Gabriella Hill | 3 of 16 | 1.25L | 2:20.49 | — | Capital Theory (GB) |
| 20 Sept 2025 | Gowran Park | 1902m | Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Apprentice Handicap | Heavy | 16 | 132kg | Sam Coen | 5 of 16 | 9.25L | 2:12.56 | — | Great Mover (IRE) |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Galway | 1408m | Ardilaun Hotel Handicap | Yielding | 1 | 137kg | Ben Coen | 9 of 15 | 10.75L | 1:29.60 | — | Storm Averted (IRE) |
| 29 July 2025 | — | 1722m | Caulfield Industrial Handicap | Yielding | 19 | 137kg | — | 5 | — | 1:52.65 | — | — |
| 30 May 2025 | — | 1408m | BoyleSports Extra Places Every Day Handicap | Good | 6 | 139kg | — | 8 | — | 1:27.77 | — | — |
| 13 May 2025 | — | 1638m | Outlook Publications Maiden | Good | 4 | 135kg | — | 3 | — | 1:45.37 | — | — |
| 7 Oct 2024 | — | 1637m | Laurels Pub & Restaurant Median Auction Maiden | Heavy | 7 | 134kg | — | 3 | — | 1:50.09 | — | — |
| 15 Aug 2024 | — | 1408m | Bar One Racing Price Boosts All Channels Apprentice Maiden | Standard | 12 | 132kg | — | 6 | — | 1:28.19 | — | — |
Record by Condition
Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
| Condition | Starts | Record | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| This distance | 4 | 0-0-0 | 0% | 0% |
| Good | 8 | 0-0-2 | 0% | 25% |
| Soft | 1 | 0-0-0 | 0% | 0% |
| Heavy | 3 | 0-0-0 | 0% | 0% |
| First-up | 4 | 0-0-1 | 0% | 25% |
| Second-up | 4 | 0-0-0 | 0% | 0% |
Record by Track
Record by Jockey
Career Wins
Races won
| Date | Race | Event | Dist | Jockey |
|---|
| 8 Aug 2026 | R2 | Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle | 3218m | Eoghan Finegan(5) |