Alice Monet

The trainer D K Weld, who runs a powerful operation at Curragh that has sent out 21 winners already this season, sent Alice Monet to the track just yesterday, so she is very much an active runner. Her recent form tells of a horse searching for consistency: she came fourth last time out, but before that came third and ninth—a jagged line that speaks to a horse capable of a good day but not yet reliably locked into form. Her last victory came at Leopardstown on 24 July 2025, now 13 months ago. That is a long drought, though her pair of wins from the last six races suggests she has not lost her ability to find the front when circumstances align. The first of those came at Fairyhouse in early July, her career breakthrough, before Leopardstown handed her another success just weeks later. Since then, opportunities have not quite clicked into place, despite regular racing.

For Alice Monet, the path forward looks clear: keep her to the mile-and-a-quarter to mile-and-a-half range, and avoid the extremes. If Weld can slot her into that sweet spot again, with reasonable ground and a race suited to her level, she has already shown she knows how to win. At four years old, she is approaching the age where horses either settle into a pattern or fade. How she is used over the coming months will likely determine whether that 13-month wait ends with a revival or drifts into a longer silence.