Sweet Baby Zou
Promise on handicap debut at Roscommon (7.5f, gd-yld) and again at Down Royal on penultimate (7f, good); step up to 9.5f and first-time cheekpieces (retained) did the trick at Gowran four days ago; 7lb penalty may not stop her from following up (declared to run 7.30 Leopardstown Thursday).
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Equipment
- Fitted P first time1 Jun 2026
From our racecard archive — runs before our coverage window aren't included. Codes: B blinkers · P cheekpieces · V visor · H hood · T tongue tie.
Breeding
- Sire
- Zoustar
- Dam
- Parvaneh
- Damsire
- Holy Roman Emperor
From the connections
“I think Sweet Baby Zou enjoyed the bit of juice in the ground. She obviously ran in the North last week and Joey [Sheridan] felt the ground was very quick for her. We weren't going to run here but when the few showers came, we said we'd let her take her chance. The headgear helped too. She's missed the kick before and they have to eventually find their grade to get competitive. She's found her grade now and we learned at Down Royal she's best with a bit of juice - Joseph O'Brien, trainer.”
Career trajectory
Solid lines: OR / RPR / AI. Dashed: TS. Dot = finishing position per run (oldest left → newest right). Missing values lift the pen rather than interpolating across gaps.
Form by going
- Good0/2 · 0%
- Yielding1/1 · 100%
- Soft0/1 · 0%
Strike rate per going. Bars scale against the highest rate in the list — so a short bar means weaker form on that going, not zero.
Form by course
- Gowran Park1/1 · 100%
- Down Royal0/1 · 0%
- Fairyhouse0/1 · 0%
- Leopardstown0/1 · 0%
Past runs (tracked here)
| Date | Race | Type | Pos | SP | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2026 | Fairyhouse 19:44 Racing Again Next Friday Handicap (Div I) | Flat | 11 | 11/8F | 41.3 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Leopardstown 19:30 BOYLE Sports 'Home Of The Early Payout' Handicap | Flat | — | — | 46.4 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Gowran Park 16:54 Ladies Day July 25th Handicap (Div I) | Flat | 1 | 7/2 | 33.5 |
| 29 May 2026 | Down Royal 18:15 BOYLE Sports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap | Flat | 8 | 9/4F | 35.0 |
Only runs Racing Alpha has synced are shown. Lifetime form is in the Racing Post form section above.
Spotlight commentary and quotes are editorial content from the Racing Post / Racing API. Ratings (OR/RPR/TS) are from Racing Post. Racing Alpha's AI score is in the “AI” column for runs we rated. 18+ only · Bet responsibly · BeGambleAware.org