Dancing Saxon

The real story lies in where this horse performs best. Over distances between seven furlongs and a mile, Dancing Saxon wins roughly half her races—three victories from six attempts. That is the kind of win rate that suggests the trainer has found her ideal range and understands exactly how to deploy her. Her first career win came at Dundalk in February, and she has been winning ever since at a steady clip: two wins from her last six races, including a victory at Galway just two months ago. Her recent form reads 2-2-3-1-2-1 (reading from most recent backwards), which means she is regularly placing in the money and bouncing back quickly when she does not win. That consistency—finishing first or second in four of her last six races—is the hallmark of a horse the trainer trusts and knows inside out. At three years old, Dancing Saxon is still in his prime racing years, and with a trainer of O'Brien's calibre behind him, there is every reason to expect he will continue to win races at his favoured distance.