The name feels appropriate. That first career win didn't come until October 2022 at Thurles, and the most recent followed at Tramore in August 2025 — so the victories have been spread thin across the years, each one earned rather than handed over. A win rate of around 1 in every 12 or 13 races (8%) isn't flashy, but the 16 places alongside those 5 wins suggest a horse that is consistently in the mix even when it doesn't quite get there.
Where it does get there most reliably is over a trip of a mile and six furlongs to two miles. At that distance, it has won 4 of its 24 races — roughly 1 in every 6 — which is a noticeably better return than its overall record. That's not a coincidence; it's a horse that needs time to find its rhythm, and a longer race gives it that. Back it up in a sprint and you'd be asking it to be something it isn't.
Shane O'Callaghan has been the regular partner, riding it in 22 of those 63 races and winning 3 of them — a win rate of about 1 in 7, which is actually ahead of the horse's overall average. That kind of familiarity between horse and jockey tends to matter, especially with an older horse that has its own opinions about how a race should be run.
The last six runs show finishes of seventh, sixth, tenth, a blank, fifth, and sixth — no win in that spell, and the tenth suggests at least one tough day. But a horse this age, still racing at this level, still finishing in the top half of fields more often than not, has clearly been well looked after. The road has indeed been long. Whether there's another win in it remains to be seen, but on yesterday's evidence, this horse hasn't decided it's done yet.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore Sharp |
15 | 2 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 9 other | 29 May | 13.3% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
7 | 1 win, 3 seconds, 3 other | 12 Sep | 14.3% |
| Thurles Undulating |
6 | 1 win, 5 other | 28 Nov | 16.7% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
6 | 1 third, 5 other | 8 May | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
6 | 1 third, 5 other | 1 Apr | 0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
4 | 4 other | 6 Oct | 0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
4 | 4 other | 2 Dec | 0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 23 Mar | 0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 3 May | 50% |
| Galway Tight |
2 | 2 other | 31 Oct | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 29 Mar | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 26 Dec | 0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 29 Jan | 0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 23 Sep | 0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 | 1 other | 13 May | 0% |
| Sedgefield Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 9 Feb | 0% |