Joyful Tidings

That breakthrough came at Tipperary on 24 April 2025, with Gary Carroll in the saddle. Carroll has been the regular partner throughout Joyful Tidings' career, riding in all six of her races, and the pair seem to suit each other. The worry, though, is what has happened since — her last six runs read 7-7-5-5-1, which means that win sits at the end of a sequence of finishing seventh twice in a row. That is a step in the wrong direction, and it will take a performance or two to suggest Tipperary was a turning point rather than an isolated bright day.

The trainer is Gavin Cromwell, who operates out of Navan in County Meath and has had a very productive season — 92 winners sent out is a serious body of work and puts him firmly among the busier and more successful yards in Ireland right now. The fact that a horse with Joyful Tidings' modest profile sits in a yard of that calibre is quietly encouraging. Cromwell clearly knows how to place horses and find the right opportunity, so if there is a suitable race to be found, he is well placed to find it. Joyful Tidings raced just one day ago, so she is clearly fit and active, and the team will be looking to build some momentum before the season gets away from them.