Ballybrittas

The horse runs best on normal ground conditions, where he has won 2 of his 5 races — a 40% win rate that is genuinely impressive by comparison to his overall form. On other surfaces he struggles, which is useful information for anyone watching his entries. His recent form has been mixed. In his last six races he has finished eighth, eighth, third, first, fifth, and fourth — so he delivered one solid win but otherwise found things difficult, with two troubling defeats at the back of the field in his two most recent starts.

Ballybrittan is trained by P J Rothwell at Tinahely in County Wicklow, a yard that has been busy this season with 35 winners to their name. His regular rider is Tiernan Power Roche, though the partnership has not clicked so far — they have partnered in five races without a win. That statistic is worth noting because it suggests either that the horse performs better with different jockeys or that the pairing simply hasn't found the right race together. Either way, Ballybrittan remains a genuine competitor at his level: two wins proves he is capable, and those wins on normal ground give his the yard a clear target for where to run him next.