Trained by Eddie and Patrick Harty out of Curragh, Co Kildare — a team that has sent out 17 winners already this season — Grandero Bello made its first career win at Punchestown back in February 2022. The most recent came at Galway in October 2024, which is now 18 months ago, and the last 6 races have all ended without a win, including a distant 18th most recently. That run of blanks will not be lost on the team.
The most interesting relationship in Grandero Bello's career is with jockey Ricky Doyle. In 15 races together, Doyle has been aboard for all three wins — a win rate of 20%, or 3 from 15. That is meaningfully better than the horse's overall career record, and it suggests there is something in that partnership worth paying attention to. When Doyle rides, something clicks. Whether that is down to horsemanship, familiarity, or simply good timing is hard to say, but the numbers make the point clearly enough.
At 10 years old and raced yesterday, Grandero Bello is still active, still competing, and still in the care of a yard in decent form. The challenge now is that 18-month win drought. For a horse of this age, breaking a sequence like that is not straightforward — but Grandero Bello has done it before, and with Doyle in the saddle, the combination that has produced every win so far remains intact.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown Galloping |
5 | 1 win, 4 other | 28 Apr | 20% |
| Navan Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 6 Dec | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
2 | 1 win, 1 third | 27 Oct | 50% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 23 Jan | 50% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 8 Mar | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 28 Jan | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 30 Nov | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 26 Mar | 0% |