Kai Lung

That win came at Naas in January 2026, and it remains the defining moment of a still-young career. Naas is a respected track in Ireland, and getting off the mark there as a relatively inexperienced horse is a solid foundation to build on. With only two races to the horse's name, there's very little to read into — but a 50% win rate, meaning Kai Lung has won 1 from every 2 races it has run, is the kind of number most racehorses never come close to achieving across an entire career.

The trainer behind all of this is Willie Mullins, arguably the most successful jumps trainer in the world and certainly the dominant force in Irish racing right now. His yard at Muine Bheag in Co Carlow has sent out 237 winners already this season — a number that borders on the extraordinary, and one that reflects an operation running at a level most trainers can only dream about. When a horse like Kai Lung comes through that yard, it arrives with serious professional backing. Mullins doesn't run horses for the sake of it, so two outings producing a win and a place suggests the team are happy with what they're seeing. Having raced just 16 days ago, Kai Lung is clearly in active campaigning mode, and whatever comes next will start to tell us whether this is a horse with a genuine future or simply one that got off to a tidy start.