Glamazon

That sole victory came at Ballinrobe on 8th May 2026, and it arrived at a distance of between a mile and a mile and an eighth to a mile and a quarter — what racing people call middle distances, the kind of trip that suits a horse that needs time to warm up and find her rhythm. At those distances, she has won 1 from 5 races, a win rate of 20%, or roughly 1 in every 5. That is a very different horse to the one who has struggled at other trips. It suggests she is not a slow horse — she is a horse in the wrong race when things go wrong.

Her recent form reads 9-4-8-–-1-4, meaning her last six outings have included that win, a couple of placed efforts, and a couple of disappointing finishes. She raced just yesterday, which tells you this is an active, busy campaign. Shane Foley has been in the saddle for 8 of her 15 races, winning once together — a 12% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 8 rides. That is a meaningful partnership for a horse at this level, and the fact they keep coming back to each other suggests the team believes the combination works.

The yard behind her, trained by Mrs John Harrington at Moone in County Kildare, is operating in serious form this season — 53 winners and counting. When a stable of that size and quality keeps running a horse, it is because they see something worth persevering with. Glamazon may not be winning every week, but she is placed often enough to suggest she is competitive, and at the right distance, on the right day, she has already shown she can get to the front. The question now is whether she can do it more than once.