The trainer is G M Lyons, operating out of Dunsany in County Meath, and the yard is having a productive season — 47 winners already tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses ready to win. Regular partner Colin Keane, one of Ireland's most respected jockeys, has been aboard for six of Amiata's nine races, winning once from those six — roughly 1 in every 6 rides together, or 17%. That's not a dominant partnership yet, but Keane doesn't take bad rides, and the fact he keeps coming back is worth noting.
What the recent form figures — 5-4-6-5-1-7 — tell you is a horse that has been knocking around the top half of the field without consistently threatening, broken up by that one bright moment at Navan. The win seven months ago hasn't been followed up yet, and a string of fifth and sixth-place finishes suggests Amiata is competitive enough to be placed in the right race but hasn't quite clicked into another gear. At 11% overall — one win from nine races — the raw numbers are modest, though for a three-year-old still finding their feet, that's not unusual. Horses this age are often still working out what racing is actually about.
The Navan win is the natural thing to watch. Some horses simply take to a particular track — the shape of the bends, the undulations, the way the ground rides — and perform a level above what they show elsewhere. It's too early to call Amiata a Navan specialist on one visit, but if the team targets that track again, it would be worth paying attention.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas Galloping |
3 | 1 second, 2 other | 11 Oct | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 28 Aug | 50% |
| Cork Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 4 Apr | 0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 12 Dec | 0% |