Blue Blue Moon

The Curragh victory on 4 October came after a patchy run through summer and early autumn, when Blue Blue Moon had mixed results. But a first career win came at Galway on 2 August, and the horse has now backed that up with another success. The recent form line of 4-1-12-1-5-5 shows inconsistency, certainly, but also the ability to peak when conditions suit. That fourth place to open the latest sequence tells its own story — sometimes good horses need a run to get sharp, and the two wins that followed suggest that is exactly what happened here.

Trained by J. P. Murtagh at Coolaghknock Glebe in County Kildare, Blue Blue Moon has the backing of a yard that knows how to get horses to the line. Murtagh's team has sent out 53 winners already this season, a serious win rate that speaks to both the quality of horses coming through the yard and the trainer's ability to have them primed and ready. At just 3 years old, with two wins already in the bank and a recent victory at one of Ireland's flagship tracks, Blue Blue Moon has time on its side and appears to be trending in the right direction.