Esherann

The 4-year-old is trained by Declan Carroll at Malton in North Yorkshire, a yard that has been in fine form this season with 22 winners already on the board. Esherann has contributed two of those, picking up a first career win at Naas in Ireland on 25 June 2025 before following it up at The Curragh on 9 August 2025 — one of the most famous and prestigious racing venues in Ireland. Winning at The Curragh is no small thing; it is where the best horses tend to run, and doing so says something real about Esherann's ability.

Overall, the record reads 2 wins and 4 places from 7 races — that is a 29% win rate, or roughly winning 2 in every 7 starts. Crucially, those wins have come in 2 of the last 6 races, which means the horse is not fading away but actually hitting its best form. The recent sequence of 8-8-1-4-1-3 (most recent first) shows the two victories sandwiched between some quieter efforts, but there is no shame in the placed finishes either — four times out of seven the horse has been in the money.

Chris Hayes has been the regular partner in the saddle, and that combination has clicked: 2 wins from 5 races together, a 40% win rate that is exceptionally high for a jockey-horse partnership. Racing partnerships often take time to gel, so the fact that Hayes and Esherann have found a rhythm so quickly is encouraging for what comes next. With the horse active just one day ago and clearly in decent heart, the yard will be looking to push on through the rest of the season — and on this evidence, there is every reason to think Esherann has more wins left in it.