Down The Glen

There are faint hints of what might work. Ridden most often by Donagh O'Connor, Down The Glen has performed better in that partnership than overall—winning 1 of 6 races together, a rate of roughly 1 in 3, against its career average of 1 in 12. More promisingly, the horse shows clear preference for races at 7 furlongs to a mile, winning 1 of its 3 races at that distance (a 33% win rate), suggesting the trip suits its capabilities. Trainer Ross O'Sullivan, based at Kilcullen in County Kildare, has a productive yard with 40 winners sent out this season, though that pedigree does not yet extend to finding a second win for Down The Glen. The horse's recent form has been unremarkable—a second, a seventh-place finish, a third, a tenth, a fourth, and a sixth in its last half-dozen races—the pattern of a horse struggling to recapture the form that brought its sole career success nearly a year ago.