Catchabird

Both of those wins have come in quick succession — first at Wexford on St. Patrick's Day 2026, then at Navan just four days later. Back-to-back winners in the same week is the kind of run that gets a yard talking, and Sarah Joanna Connell's operation in Tallow, County Waterford, will have taken plenty of satisfaction from it. The yard has sent out four winners this season in total, so Catchabird accounts for half of them — no small contribution.

The most interesting detail here is what happens when the weather turns. On wet or muddy ground, Catchabird has won 2 of its 5 races — a 40% win rate that is genuinely striking. To put that in perspective, across its full career on all types of ground, the win rate is just 11%. That gap tells you almost everything you need to know: this is a horse that transforms in difficult conditions, turning from a useful but limited competitor into something considerably more dangerous. When rain is forecast, Catchabird becomes a very different proposition.

Jockey Aidan Kelly has been the regular partner throughout, riding in 14 of the 18 career races and winning twice — a rate of roughly 1 in every 7 rides together. That kind of long-standing partnership matters in racing. Kelly knows how this horse thinks and travels, and it's no coincidence that both wins have come with him in the saddle. Catchabird raced just yesterday, so the team is clearly keeping the horse busy and in good heart. With the wet-ground form it has shown and the confidence that comes from winning twice in a week, any future race run on a soft or muddy track deserves a very close look.