Hees Dynamite

The eight-year-old is trained by E McNamara at Rathkeale in County Limerick — close enough to the track that it may well be able to hear the crowd on a still evening. The yard has been in fine form this season, sending out 22 winners, and Hees Dynamite has been doing its share of the heavy lifting. Its recent form reads 1-1-5-1, meaning three wins in its last six races, with a first career win at Limerick back in October 2024 and a most recent victory at the same track in November 2025.

Add wet ground to the Limerick factor and things get even more interesting. On soft or muddy going, Hees Dynamite has won 2 of 4 races — exactly half. That is a horse that relishes a proper winter surface, the kind that has other horses slipping and slogging while this one seems to find another gear.

There is one oddity worth noting. The jockey who rides Hees Dynamite most often is Conor McNamara, who has been in the saddle for 9 of its races together without a single win between them. That is not necessarily a problem — jockeys and horses can have complicated partnerships — but given that this horse has clearly found winning form with others, it is the sort of stat that quietly raises an eyebrow.

Hees Dynamite raced just one day ago and remains very much active. With Limerick in its bones and wet ground on its side, any time this horse is pointed back at that track in autumn or winter conditions, it is worth paying attention.