Recent form shows a horse treading water. In its last six races, Big Dispute has finished 11th, 10th, 9th, 4th, 3rd, and 6th — a run that includes one near-miss but mostly mid-field finishes. There are glimmers of hope buried in those numbers: that 3rd-place finish came most recently, and a 4th before that suggests the horse is at least still competitive on certain days. Yet the overall picture is of a horse stuck.
Interestingly, Big Dispute performs better when asked to go the distance. At races of two miles or longer, it has won 1 from 10 — a 10% win rate at marathon distances, double its overall average. For a 7-year-old without great form, being a distance specialist is valuable, but it is clearly not enough to unlock consistent winning. The partnership with regular jockey Phillip Enright has yielded nothing from five rides together, suggesting either a mismatch or simply that the horse's best days, if they ever truly arrived, are behind it. Trained by Kevin Thomas Coleman at Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary, Big Dispute continues to race actively, most recently running just a day ago. It remains a working horse, chasing that second win that has eluded it for nearly four years.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork Galloping |
4 | 2 thirds, 2 other | 10 May | 0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 second | 12 May | 50% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 6 Nov | 0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 May | 0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 30 May | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 22 Jun | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 3 Aug | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 28 Dec | 0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 19 Jan | 0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 7 Jul | 0% |