Allo Al Khawaneej

That single win came at Kilbeggan on 24 April 2025, and it's worth noting that the best version of this horse tends to show up over distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles. In four races at that range, there's been 1 win — a 25% win rate, or 1 in 4 — which is a meaningful contrast to how the horse performs elsewhere. When the race is the right trip, something clicks.

Philip Byrnes is the regular partner in the saddle, and the pair have built up a reasonable understanding over six races together, with that Kilbeggan win among them. That's 1 win from 6 rides, or roughly 1 in every 6 — not a barnstorming record, but a working relationship that clearly produced the horse's finest hour. The yard itself is in decent nick this season, having sent out 26 winners, so the operation knows how to get a horse ready to win.

Recent form, though, tells a more honest story. The last six results read 4-7-8-3-13-12 — meaning a distant 12th most recently, a 13th before that, and only one placing in the bunch. That fourth-place finish is the lone bright spot in a sequence that suggests the Kilbeggan win, now 13 months ago, hasn't been built upon. At six years old, the window for improvement is narrowing, but horses have a habit of surprising people when conditions align — and this one, at least, has shown it can find a finishing kick when the distance suits.