Chemdawg

That win at Kilbeggan in April 2026 matters more than it might look on paper. At distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles — essentially the longer end of the spectrum — Chemdawg has won 1 from 8 races, which works out at 12%, nearly double his overall career rate of roughly 1 in every 14 races. Trainer Oliver McKiernan clearly knows where this horse performs, and getting him back on the track so quickly after a win suggests confidence that the moment is ripe.

McKiernan operates out of Rathcoole in County Dublin and has had six winners on the board this season — a steady, functional yard rather than a headline-grabbing one, but the kind of operation that knows its horses well. Jockey Phillip Enright has been Chemdawg's regular partner, riding him in 16 of his 27 races. Between them they have found the winner's enclosure once together, which is a modest return, but the recent form tells a different story: second, first, second in three of the last four completed runs is a sequence that marks this horse out as one currently running to a high standard even when not winning.

First career win came at Roscommon back in May 2024, and it took a while — that was race 18 or so of a career that had produced plenty of places but no victories. Eight places from 27 races tells you this is a horse that competes, that finishes in the mix, but that winning moments have been rare and well-earned. With recent form pointing sharply upward and the yard clearly in no mood to let the momentum cool, Chemdawg is worth keeping an eye on over the weeks ahead.