Finnicky Filly

That one win came at Clonmel on 2nd December 2025, and it remains the sole highlight of a career that has largely been about nearly. Three places from 31 races tells a consistent story: good enough to be in the mix, rarely good enough to win it. The most recent six runs read 10-5-6-5-6-2, which shows a horse that briefly threatened when finishing second but has otherwise been mid-pack. It's the kind of form that suggests Finnicky Filly finds her level comfortably enough — just not at the front of it.

Regular jockey Michael Kenneally has partnered the horse for 12 of those 31 races and has that one Clonmel win to show for it — a win rate of 8% together, or 1 win from every 12 rides. That's not a sparkling record, but it's worth noting the partnership has produced the only win on the CV. Meanwhile, John Patrick Ryan's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 21 winners, which suggests the problem isn't the training operation — Finnicky Filly simply hasn't found a way to translate effort into victory with any regularity.

What's perhaps most striking is that the horse raced just one day ago and is clearly still an active, competitive part of the yard's string. At 8 years old, with seven months since that last and only win, most observers would wonder how much longer the story continues. But Ryan keeps running this horse, and Finnicky Filly keeps showing up. Sometimes that persistence is its own kind of interesting.