Amemri

Trained by David Marnane out of Bansha in County Tipperary, Amemri is part of a yard that has been in fine form this season, sending out 21 winners already. Marnane clearly knows what he has here: a reliable, consistent performer who earns his keep. The horse has been kept busy — 49 races is a serious workload — and the fact that he keeps showing up in the results suggests he genuinely enjoys competing.

The partnership with jockey Luke McAteer is one of the more striking features of Amemri's record. In 29 races together, McAteer has ridden him to 8 wins — a win rate of 28%, or just over 1 in every 4 races. That is meaningfully better than Amemri's overall average, which tells you something real: when McAteer is in the saddle, this horse tends to run better. Whether that is down to communication, familiarity, or simply that McAteer is booked for the days the team fancies him, it is a stat worth noting.

Amemri has a particular fondness for Limerick, winning 2 of his 5 races there. Two from five might not sound dramatic, but at a track he only visits occasionally, a 40% win rate — nearly 1 in every 2 races — marks him out as someone to watch whenever he heads there. His career began at Dundalk in March 2023, and it was back at Dundalk that he recorded his most recent win in March 2026, four months ago. Recent form shows a 10th-place finish most recently, but there is a second place in the last six runs too, so the engine is still running.

Raced just yesterday and still active, Amemri is very much a horse in the middle of his story. A solid, proven performer who wins roughly once every five outings and places almost as often again — in short, the kind of horse that keeps a trainer's yard ticking along nicely.