A Dublin Job

Then came a run of form that changed the picture entirely. Since May 2024, A Dublin Job has won 3 of its last 6 races, including back-to-back wins in the spring of 2025, and raced just one day ago — so this is a horse right in the middle of a purple patch. That kind of late-career surge is genuinely unusual, and it suggests the yard at Leominster, run by trainer Sarah-Jayne Davies, has worked out exactly what this horse needs. Davies has sent out five winners already this season, and A Dublin Job accounts for a healthy chunk of that tally.

A big part of the story is the partnership with jockey Paul O'Brien. In six races together, they have won three — that is a win rate of 50%, which in racing terms is extraordinary. Most top jockeys win roughly 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 rides on a good day. Winning half the time with a specific horse points to something more than luck — it suggests O'Brien understands exactly how to get the best out of this particular animal.

The conditions matter too. A Dublin Job is at its best on normal ground, and the numbers back that up sharply: 3 wins from just 8 races on a standard surface, a win rate of 38%. Nearly 2 in every 5 races on good ground ends in victory. That is a horse that knows what it likes. Most of its racing has come at Class 5 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing rather than the headline events — but winning 2 from 5 at that level, combined with the current form, suggests it is competing well within a suitable bracket.

At nine years old and racing just yesterday, A Dublin Job is a horse in form, in good hands, and doing its best work precisely when most would expect it to be winding down.