Amemri

Marnane's yard has been in fine form this season, sending out 16 winners, and Amemri has been part of that story. The horse won at Dundalk just two months ago, in March 2026 — the same track where the career began with a first victory back in March 2023, which gives the whole story a pleasing symmetry. Dundalk is an all-weather, floodlit track that races year-round, and Amemri clearly feels at home there. But the most striking number in the record belongs to Limerick: 2 wins from just 4 races. Winning half your races at any track is the kind of stat that makes trainers keep coming back, and it suggests something about how the horse handles that particular track and its conditions.

The partnership with jockey Luke McAteer tells its own story. In 28 races together, McAteer has ridden Amemri to 8 wins — a win rate of 29%, or roughly 1 in every 3.5 races. That is substantially better than Amemri's overall record, and it matters. Racing partnerships between horse and rider can be hard to explain, but the numbers here suggest the two are genuinely well suited. When McAteer is in the saddle, something clicks.

Recent form shows a mixed picture — a fifth, a tenth, and a seventh sandwiched around a win and a placed run — which suggests the horse is not in the kind of dominant streak that worries opponents. But with 15 places from 47 races alongside those 10 wins, Amemri is rarely far away, and the last race was only yesterday. This is a horse very much in active service, still finding winners, and with a trainer and jockey combination that knows how to get the best from it. The Limerick record alone is reason enough to pay attention next time the entries go up.