Dreal Deal

Trained by P J Rothwell out of Tinahely in County Wicklow, Dreal Deal is part of a yard that clearly knows what it's doing — 35 winners sent out this season alone is a serious number and puts Rothwell among the more productive operations around. The horse's most productive partnership has been with jockey Simon Torrens, who has ridden it to 3 of its 4 career wins from just 10 races together. That's a win rate of 30%, or roughly 3 in every 10 rides — a genuinely impressive hit rate that suggests the two are well matched.

The career began to take shape when Dreal Deal landed its first win at Dundalk in December 2022, and the most recent victory came at Killarney in July 2025 — a summer score that showed there was still plenty left in the tank at an age when many horses have long since been retired. That Killarney win is now 12 months in the past, and the last 6 races haven't produced another, with recent form reading 6-2-blank-3-12-10. The blank and those double-digit finishes suggest some inconsistency, though a second place in there shows the ability hasn't entirely gone quiet.

What's most striking is simply that Dreal Deal is still racing at 11, still placing, and was out on the track just one day ago. That kind of longevity and durability is genuinely rare. Most horses have come and gone long before this age. Whether another win is coming is an open question, but with Rothwell's yard in fine form and the Torrens partnership still available, it would be foolish to write this one off entirely.