Jeriko De Baune

Philip Fenton trains the horse from his yard in Carrick-On-Suir, Co Tipperary, a operation that has sent out 6 winners already this season. Fenton clearly knows what he has here, and getting Jeriko De Baune to the track on the right kind of day is half the battle. The partnership with jockey Niall Moore has been the consistent thread running through the horse's best moments — Moore has ridden it in 17 of its 28 races and been on board for all 3 wins, giving them a win rate together of 18%, or roughly 1 in every 5 rides. That kind of mutual understanding between horse and rider matters, and Moore's record on this particular horse is meaningfully better than the overall career numbers would suggest.

The career began in earnest with a first win at Wexford in November 2023, and the most recent success came at Clonmel in November 2025 — about five months ago. Recent form reads 3-6-11 in the three runs since that win, which is patchy, but a pulled-up run sits in there too, suggesting there may have been a day when things simply did not go right rather than a horse in terminal decline. Crucially, Jeriko De Baune raced just 10 days ago and is clearly an active, fit horse in training. Watch the weather forecast. When the skies open and the ground gets soft, this is exactly the kind of horse a knowledgeable friend would quietly tip you toward — not because of a glittering record, but because of what the numbers say when everything lines up just right.