Embrace The Day

That one win arrived just this week, at Listowel on 30 May 2026, which means the horse heads into its next appearance on the back of a fresh victory and in the kind of form that makes it worth watching. Listowel is a tight, tricky track in County Kerry where races can be won and lost on local knowledge and adaptability, so getting it right there is no small thing.

The most interesting tension in this profile is the partnership with Keith Donoghue. The pair have raced together five times without a win between them — and yet it was Donoghue in the saddle for that Listowel victory, meaning his record with the horse now reads one win from five, a fraction that suddenly looks a lot more like progress than failure. Sometimes it just takes time for a jockey and horse to find their moment.

Behind the scenes, Gavin Cromwell's yard at Navan in County Meath has been in seriously good form this season — 97 winners sent out is the kind of figure that tells you a stable is operating at full tilt, with horses fit, healthy, and arriving at the track ready to run. When a trainer is firing like that, even a horse on a quiet record can carry more confidence than the statistics suggest. Embrace The Day may not be a headline act in Cromwell's string, but it is coming off a win, trained by someone in the middle of an excellent run, and apparently race-fit enough to have turned out just yesterday.