Gangster Granny

The most striking thing about Gangster Granny right now is the recent form. Over the last six races, she has won twice, finished second once, and picked up a third — that is three visits to the podium from six outings, and two wins from six races is a genuinely sharp sequence for a horse of her profile. She raced just yesterday, which means she is right in the thick of things at the moment and clearly in good nick.

There is also a course to pay close attention to: Downpatrick. She has won 2 of her 5 races there, which means she wins at that track 40% of the time — roughly 2 in every 5 visits. For context, her overall win rate is 13%. Finding a track that more than triples your win rate is not something that happens by accident. Something about Downpatrick — the layout, the ground, the way the track flows — simply suits her, and her most recent win came there just this week on 14 July 2026. She is not a horse you want to overlook when Downpatrick is on the card.

Ground conditions matter too. On normal ground, she has won 4 of her 9 races — that is 44%, winning nearly half the time, which is a remarkable conversion rate. Get her on a standard surface and she is a very different proposition to the horse who plods around on wet or dry extremes.

One curious footnote: her most regular jockey, Shane Foley, has yet to win on her across 9 races together. That is a long run without a result for a partnership that keeps being tried. Her first career win came at Limerick back in June 2024, and she has clearly developed since then into a horse with genuine preferences — a track she owns, a surface she loves, and form right now that suggests she is not finished adding to her tally.