Battle Borne

That sole career win came at Dundalk in February 2026, and it matters where you look: over distances of seven furlongs to a mile, Battle Borne has won 1 race from 5, a rate of 20%, or roughly 1 in every 5. That is a dramatic contrast to its overall record and tells you something important — this is a horse that has a specific sweet spot, and when conditions match it, the performance level jumps noticeably. Get the trip wrong and you're looking at a different horse entirely.

Recent form has been mixed. The last six runs read 8-12-2 going back through the season, with a second place tucked in there as evidence that competitive efforts are still coming. The horse raced just one day ago, so it is clearly being kept busy and remains in good health. It has not won since that Dundalk success four months ago, which is worth noting — though five places from 18 races overall suggests a horse that competes honestly and finds the frame more often than it finds the winner's enclosure.

Patrick McGettigan rides most often, and their partnership has produced that 1 win from 5 races together — again that 1-in-5 figure, which reinforces the sense that when everything clicks, Battle Borne is a different proposition. The yard is Patrick J McKenna's operation out of Dungannon in County Tyrone, a small outfit that has sent out four winners this season. Four winners from a smaller yard is a meaningful tally — these aren't trainers throwing horses at races and hoping. When McKenna runs one, there is usually a plan behind it.

Battle Borne is unlikely to trouble the big prize pots, but as a racehorse doing honest work at its level, there is something to follow here — particularly when it lines up at seven furlongs to a mile. That is when it becomes worth watching.