Kiltealy Park

The most striking thing about Kiltealy Park is how well it performs when the ground gets soft or wet. On muddy ground it has won 2 from 4 races (50%), and on heavy, wet ground the same again — 2 wins from 4. That's a coin-flip level of success in conditions that many horses actively dislike. When the skies open and the ground gets heavy, Kiltealy Park actually improves. That's a genuinely useful trait, particularly in Ireland where wet weather is rarely in short supply.

Wexford is its home patch in every sense. Trained by Paul Nolan just down the road in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Kiltealy Park opened its account at that track on 25 April 2024 and has since won 2 from just 3 visits there. Two wins from three races at a single course is the kind of figure that makes punters sit up — a horse that clearly takes to the place, perhaps aided by the local knowledge of a yard that knows it well. Nolan's operation has been in good form this season, sending out 23 winners, so this isn't a horse operating in a struggling yard.

Its most reliable partner in the saddle is Sean Flanagan, who has ridden Kiltealy Park in 9 of its 14 races and won 3 of them — a win rate of 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 rides together. That's a meaningful partnership, and when the two combine on suitable ground, they've shown they know how to get the job done.

Recent form has cooled a little — finishes of 8th and 6th in its last two outings following a win at Fairyhouse on 22 April 2025 — but crucially, this horse raced just one day ago and remains active. The Fairyhouse win was the most recent peak, and with the right conditions underfoot and Flanagan back in the saddle, there's no obvious reason to think Kiltealy Park is done producing moments like it.