Balko d'Ange

The first win came at Limerick on 29 December 2024, and the second followed at Navan on 17 November 2025 — a gap of nearly a year between victories that tells you how competitive and unforgiving racing at this level can be. That Navan win, however, is the more interesting of the two. Navan is a respected track that attracts strong fields, and winning there suggests Balko d'Ange is capable of stepping up when the occasion demands it.

Recent form is a mixed picture. Reading from most recent backwards, the last six runs show a blank, a sixth, a blank, a third, that Navan win, and a fifth. The two unlisted results — shown here as dashes — indicate races where finishing position data isn't available, so it's hard to draw firm conclusions from them. What's clear is that the horse hasn't built on the Navan win with anything eye-catching, though a third place in there keeps the competitive thread running.

Niall Moore has been the regular partner, taking the ride in 7 of the 15 races and winning once together — that's 1 in 7, which mirrors Balko d'Ange's overall record almost exactly. It's a settled partnership without being a spectacular one. The horse is trained by Philip Fenton at his yard in Carrick-On-Suir, Co Tipperary — a team that has been in decent nick this season, sending out six winners in the current campaign. Balko d'Ange last raced just 16 days ago, so it's clearly being kept busy and is in active training.

The profile that emerges is of a horse worth watching rather than one to get overly excited about right now — consistent enough to keep turning up in the prizes, and with at least one performance, that Navan win, to suggest there could be more in the tank.