Chopsticks

The horse does show a preference for the longer distances — anything from a mile and six furlongs upward — and has won one race from fifteen attempts at that trip, which is still modest but at least double its overall win rate. Most of Chopsticks' riding duties have fallen to Shane Foley, though that partnership has yet to produce a winner in ten races together. John C McConnell's Stamullen yard, which has saddled thirty-six winners already this season, continues to campaign the six-year-old actively — Chopsticks raced just yesterday — suggesting the trainer believes there is still something to work with. Whether another winning moment lies ahead remains to be seen, but at this point in its career, Chopsticks has largely settled into the role of a consistent journeyman: present on racecards week after week, and occasionally picking up a place, but rarely threatening the front.