The trainer behind Amiata is G M Lyons, based at Dunsany in County Meath, and the yard is in serious form — 49 winners already this season tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses to peak at the right moment. It is worth noting that Amiata's most recent win came at The Curragh just this week on 3 June 2026. The Curragh is Ireland's premier flat racing venue, the place where the biggest races are run, so winning there is not something any horse manages by accident. It points to a genuine step forward.
The partnership with jockey Colin Keane is one of the more interesting threads in Amiata's story. Keane has ridden the horse in 9 of its 13 races and they have won 3 times together — that is a win rate of 33%, or 1 in every 3 rides. For context, that is a remarkably productive combination. Keane is one of Ireland's leading jockeys, and the fact that the yard keeps putting him back on this horse says something about how highly Amiata is regarded at home.
The career began to take shape at Navan back in August 2025, where the first win came. From that point, the horse has progressed steadily rather than spectacularly, with a few mid-pack finishes mixed in alongside the wins — those 5th-place results in the recent run of form show it does not always fire. But the overall arc is upward, and a three-year-old winning at The Curragh in the summer of 2026 is precisely the kind of form that opens doors to bigger races. If the Lyons yard decides to aim Amiata at a top-level target before the season is out, nobody paying attention to that recent form would be surprised.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas Galloping |
4 | 1 win, 1 second, 2 other | 27 Apr | 25% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 19 May | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 28 Aug | 50% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 12 Dec | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 3 Jun | 100% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 11 Apr | 0% |