Davy Crockett

His overall record reads three wins and three places from ten races, meaning he has won 3 in every 10 he has entered — a solid return at this stage of his career. His most recent win came at Listowel in September 2025, and his first came at Punchestown in June, so both victories arrived in the early part of the jumps season. Mark Walsh, one of the sport's top jockeys, is his regular partner — they have won once together from six races — and it was Walsh who offered the most revealing insight after a win at Galway, describing how Davy Crockett made a mistake at the second-last fence, got a bit unsighted, and galloped straight into it, then immediately picked himself up and flew the final hurdle. That combination of error and recovery is exactly what trainers look for in a young horse. It suggests resilience and a natural instinct for jumping that coaching alone cannot install.

Mullins himself has been open about where he sees this horse heading. Speaking on a stable tour in November, he mentioned the Moscow Flyer Hurdle at Punchestown in February as a possible target — that is a Grade 1 race, which means one of the most prestigious in the sport. He noted that Davy Crockett's wins came in early-season races rather than the most competitive fields, but made clear he believes the horse is capable of stepping up. The phrase "there's an engine in there" from Walsh says it plainly. Davy Crockett has not won in his last six races, and his recent form figures make for modest reading, but he has been on a winter break and is not yet the finished article. The more interesting question is what he looks like when he is.