Deuteronomy

The horse's last victory came at Cork on 19 May 2026, five months ago now, and it has not won in its last six races. The most recent outing, just a day ago, resulted in a 7th place finish—decent enough midfield form, but a reminder that Deuteronomy remains in that awkward space between genuinely competitive and consistently disappointing. Still, the horse is active and racing regularly, which suggests the yard believes there is more to come.

Nicola Burns rides Deuteronomy more often than any other jockey and has a significantly better record with it than the horse's overall figures suggest: 3 wins from 18 races together, a win rate of roughly 1 in 6. That is a notable gap between Burns's success and the horse's baseline, hinting that the partnership works and that the right ride can coax out its better days. The horse also shows a clear preference for normal ground conditions, winning 3 of 19 races on such surfaces—more than double its general win rate—and performs best at distances between 1 mile 3 furlongs and 1 mile 4 furlongs, where it has won once from 8 races. These patterns matter. Finding the right track, the right ground, and the right jockey can be the difference between another midfield effort and another trip to the winner's enclosure. For a horse of Deuteronomy's level, that specificity is everything.