Granville Street

Both wins came in a concentrated burst back in the summer and autumn of 2023 — first at Galway in August, then at Kilbeggan in September. That was 34 months ago now, and Granville Street has not won since, going six races without a victory. The recent form figures of 4-5-2-14-7-6 tell a mixed story: there is a second place in there, which shows the ability is still surfacing, but the 14th — a distant out-of-sorts run — is a reminder that this horse can go missing on the wrong day.

Where Granville Street looks most at home is over longer distances, two miles and beyond. In those bigger-test races, the record reads 1 win from 5 attempts — a 20% win rate, or 1 in every 5, which is meaningfully better than the overall career average. That suggests a horse that benefits from being asked to settle and grind rather than quicken over shorter trips.

Trained by Ciaran Murphy out of Mullingar in County Westmeath, Granville Street is part of a yard that has sent out 18 winners already this season — so this is not a struggling operation. Murphy clearly knows how to get horses ready to win. The question with Granville Street at this stage of its career is finding the right opportunity to convert those placed efforts back into a victory. Racing just one day ago, it remains active and in training — and given the second place recently, the form is not as flat as the winless run might suggest.