Nouvel Espoir Racehorse Profile
Nouvel Espoir is a 6-year-old Gelding, trained by JAMES M BARCOE, based at Curragh. With 38 career starts and 5 wins, it has earned $69,473.
- Age
- 6
- Sex
- Gelding
- Trainer
- JAMES M BARCOE
- Trained at
- Curragh
- Sire
- Harry Angel
- Dam
- Hope Lake
- Sire of dam
- Shamardal
- Career
- 38:5-6-5
- Prize money
- $69,473
- Last start
- 20 Oct 2026
- Recent form
- 322215
Nouvel Espoir Form Guide
Nouvel Espoir — last 25 starts
| Date | Track | Dist | Class | Going | Bar | Wgt | Jockey | Result | Margin | Time | SP | Winner / 2nd |
|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1207m | DNG Nationwide Handicap | Soft | 10 | 117kg | Julian Pietropaolo | 5 of 13 | 5.5L | 1:17.51 | — | Unique Journey (IRE) |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1207m | Business Plus Handicap | Soft | 6 | 125kg | Julian Pietropaolo | 1 of 22 | — | 1:16.40 | — | Nouvel Espoir (IRE) |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Bellewstown (ire) | 1009m | Gannon City Recovery & Recycling Handicap | Soft To Heavy | 8 | 135kg | Colin Keane | 2 of 6 | 0.75L | 1:1.64 | — | Smoke Them Out (IRE) |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Fairyhouse (ire) | 1207m | Fairyhouse Return Of The Jumps On October 10th Handicap | Good | 13 | 136kg | Colin Keane | 2 of 17 | 1.75L | 1:10.95 | — | Caffu Zafeen (IRE) |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Cork (ire) | 1207m | Follow Us On Instagram Handicap | Good | 18 | 119kg | Shay Wallace | 2 of 22 | 0.3L | 1:13.10 | — | Tokyo Treasure (IRE) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1207m | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap | Good To Firm | 15 | 127kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 3 of 14 | 0.5L | 1:11.26 | — | Mint Man (GB) |
| 18 July 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1006m | WTW Willis Handicap | Good To Firm | 5 | 127kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 4 of 18 | 1.5L | 0:58.80 | — | Mary Shoelaces (IRE) |
| 4 July 2026 | Naas | 1006m | Lawlor's Of Naas Supporting Naas GAA Senior Football Race Day Apprentice Handicap | Good | 2 | 130kg | E E Ryan | 4 of 12 | 2.5L | 0:59.90 | — | Sovereign Cry (IRE) |
| 19 June 2026 | Down Royal | 1006m | Ampion Electrical Test And Solar Handicap | Soft | 9 | 124kg | Shay Wallace | 1 of 8 | — | 1:3.38 | — | Nouvel Espoir (IRE) |
| 14 June 2026 | Cork | 1006m | Ryan's Cleaning Handicap | Good | 4 | 125kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 4 of 10 | 3.75L | 1:0.77 | — | Sarahmae (IRE) |
| 7 June 2026 | Navan | 1170m | Navan Handicap | Good | 4 | 125kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 6 of 9 | 7.25L | 1:12.21 | — | Jon Riggens (IRE) |
| 16 May 2026 | Navan | 1006m | Round O Handicap | Yielding | 11 | 121kg | Gavin Ryan | 3 of 10 | 6.25L | 1:1.24 | — | Howd'yadoit (IRE) |
| 9 May 2026 | Naas | 1006m | Danny Trundle Heating & Plumbing Handicap | Good | 4 | 133kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 2 of 16 | 0.5L | 0:59.46 | — | Arctic Steps (IRE) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Navan | 1006m | Kilberry Apprentice Handicap | Good To Yielding | 14 | 128kg | E E Ryan | 14 of 16 | 11L | 1:2.41 | — | Sporting Hero (GB) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Curragh | 1207m | Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie Handicap | Soft | 5 | 126kg | E E Ryan | 18 of 21 | 16.5L | 1:20.45 | — | Bint Majestic Roi (IRE) |
| 2 Nov 2025 | Curragh | 1006m | 1xBet Supports Irish Racing Sprint Handicap | Heavy | 7 | 116kg | Wayne Hassett | 8 of 14 | 4.75L | 1:3.45 | — | Staysound Susie (IRE) |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Navan | 1006m | Final Fence Marquee Hospitality Package 15th & 16th November On Sale Now Handicap | Soft | 4 | 128kg | Dylan Browne Mcmonagle | 4 of 11 | 1L | 1:3.03 | — | Dark Ace (IRE) |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Curragh (ire) | 1006m | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap | Yielding | 6 | 128kg | Jimmy Dalton | 13 of 16 | 8L | 1:3.66 | — | Mary Shoelaces (IRE) |
| 6 Sept 2025 | — | 1006m | Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap | Good | 7 | 122kg | — | 2 | — | 1:0.70 | — | — |
| 30 Aug 2025 | — | 1207m | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap | Good To Yielding | 3 | 130kg | — | 8 | — | 1:12.14 | — | — |
| 9 Aug 2025 | — | 1207m | Kwiff: Proud Sponsors Of The Supercharge Series Handicap | Good | 14 | 128kg | — | 7 | — | 1:10.82 | — | — |
| 4 Aug 2025 | — | 1193m | Taste Of Kildare At Naas Racecourse 16th - 17th August Handicap | Good To Yielding | 8 | 112kg | — | 7 | — | 1:11.86 | — | — |
| 20 June 2025 | — | 1006m | G Dunlop Electrical Handicap | Good | 7 | 132kg | — | 7 | — | 1:0.37 | — | — |
| 13 June 2025 | — | 1006m | Ryan's Cleaning Handicap | Good To Yielding | 5 | 115kg | — | 1 | — | 1:0.38 | — | — |
| 7 June 2025 | — | 1006m | Navan Handicap | Good | 15 | 125kg | — | 4 | — | 1:1.45 | — | — |
Record by Condition
Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
| Condition | Starts | Record | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| This track | 10 | 0-0-2 | 0% | 20% |
| This distance | 13 | 1-2-2 | 8% | 38% |
| Good | 22 | 2-4-4 | 9% | 45% |
| Soft | 10 | 2-1-1 | 20% | 40% |
| First-up | 4 | 0-0-1 | 0% | 25% |
| Second-up | 4 | 1-1-0 | 25% | 50% |
Record by Track
Record by Jockey
Career Wins
Races won
| Date | Race | Event | Dist | Jockey |
|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | R2 | Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap | 1207m | Colin Keane |
| 4 Oct 2026 | R6 | Business Plus Handicap | 1207m | Julian Pietropaolo(7) |
| 19 June 2026 | R4 | Ampion Electrical Test And Solar Handicap | 1005m | Shay Wallace(7) |