Brosna Queen

Her overall record reads 2 wins and 2 places from 8 races, which works out at a 25% win rate — roughly 1 in every 4 races she enters, she comes home in front. That is a solid return. For context, plenty of horses race their whole careers without ever winning at all, so two wins from eight is genuinely respectable rather than just something to be polite about.

The recent form figures — 1-5-6-–-5-7 reading from most recent backwards — tell a slightly more complicated story. Outside of that latest win, she has been finishing mid-pack, and there is a blank run in there too. But horses, like people, are not always at their best, and the fact that she has just won again suggests S G Carey's yard in Kilcullen has her in a good place right now. Carey has sent out 8 winners already this season, so this is a trainer who knows how to have a horse ready on the day.

She raced just yesterday, which means whatever Carey did to get her to Downpatrick in winning form, it is working in real time. Brosno Queen is one to keep an eye on while the summer ground is under her feet.