Cullenwaine

Those two wins are worth looking at. The first came at Downpatrick in June 2024, and the second arrived at Thurles the following December — meaning Cullenwaine found a way to win on two separate occasions across the same year, which at least shows it can find form when conditions suit. On normal ground specifically, it has won 2 of its 18 races in those conditions, an 11% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 9. That is meaningfully better than its overall record and suggests the horse genuinely needs a reasonable surface to show its best.

Regular partner Simon Torrens has been in the saddle for 12 of those 38 races and has one win to show for it — about 1 in every 12 together. It is not a partnership that sets the world alight on paper, but the consistency of the booking suggests the team around Cullenwaine trusts him to get the best from the horse, even if the results have been modest.

The recent form reads 5-2-2-10-5-12 — a mixed picture. There are a couple of placed efforts in there, but also some disappointing finishes. Cullenwaine has not won since that Thurles success in December 2024, and that is now 18 months ago across six winless races. The last outing was just yesterday, so this is a horse firmly in the middle of its season, still being aimed at races and still competitive enough to place. Whether another win is coming is an open question — but at 38 races in and still racing, Cullenwaine has clearly got the constitution for the job, even if the victories have been hard to come by.