Cisterna

Trained by A. Slattery at Thurles in County Tipperary, Cisterna runs consistently and is clearly a working member of a yard with real form—Slattery has sent out 62 winners already this season. Andrew Slattery rides the horse often and has steered it to one victory from nine outings together, a similar win rate to the horse's overall record. The real clue to Cisterna's profile comes when you look at distance. Over 7 furlongs to a mile, the horse has won 2 of 8 races—a 25% win rate—which is markedly better than its overall figures. It plainly runs taller at that trip than it does over shorter or longer distances.

Recent form shows a horse still racing actively and still trying. Over the last six races, Cisterna has finished first, 13th, second, tenth, eighth, and fifth. That 13th-place run was rough, but the second and fifth placings either side of it show the horse is competitive. With a win just this week at its best track, Cisterna looks to be a useful sort at the right conditions and distance—the kind of horse that will give its the yard another chance at Roscommon before too long.