Glengouly

Over a career spanning 29 races, Glengouly has won 5 times and placed on 8 other occasions, giving it a win rate of roughly 1 in every 6 races — 17% if you want the number. For a horse competing regularly at the highest level, Class 1 contests where only the very best horses line up, that is a respectable return. Those races are hard to win. The fact that Glengouly has managed it at all puts the horse in select company.

At 10 years old, Glengouly is no youngster, and the first career win came back in January 2022 at Gowran Park in Ireland. The journey since then has been steady rather than spectacular — but the Cheltenham win in December 2025 suggests there is still something left in the tank. Trainer Faye Bramley, based at Lambourn in Berkshire, has sent out 19 winners already this season, and a yard running that kind of form clearly knows what it is doing with a horse like this.

One detail worth watching is what happens when the ground turns wet. On soft or muddy ground, Glengouly has won 2 of just 3 races — a 67% win rate that is almost freakishly good. That is not luck, that is a preference. When conditions suit, this horse is a different animal. Paul Townend, one of the top jockeys in the sport, has partnered Glengouly 5 times and won once, roughly 1 in every 5 rides together — a solid record at the top level. With a Cheltenham win already on the CV and another winner just days ago, Glengouly arrives at whatever comes next in the kind of form that makes rivals pay attention.