Kimy

That sole win came at Tramore on 18 September 2024, and it remains the solitary highlight of a career that has otherwise been defined by near-misses and mid-field finishes. Tramore is a tight, quirky track on the south coast of Ireland — the kind of place where local knowledge and a horse that handles the idiosyncrasies of the course can make all the difference. Kimy clearly found something it liked there, but over 22 months have now passed without a repeat, and the last six runs — finishing 9th, 3rd, 11th, 10th, 7th, and 2nd most recently — suggest a horse that is competitive enough to place but not quite firing at the level needed to win.

The partnership with jockey Danny Mullins is the most consistent thread running through the form book. Together they have won 1 from 5 races — a win rate of 20%, or roughly 1 in every 5 times they team up — which is notably better than Kimy's overall record suggests. That's worth paying attention to. When Mullins is in the saddle, the horse runs meaningfully better, and if the yard are serious about finding another winning opportunity, keeping that partnership intact seems the logical starting point.

Trained by Thomas Mullins out of Goresbridge in County Kilkenny, Kimy belongs to a yard that has sent out 2 winners this season — a modest total that suggests this isn't a team operating at industrial scale. These are horses that need to find their moment rather than manufacturing them in volume. Kimy raced just one day ago, so the legs are still warm, and with a second place in the most recent run, there is at least some encouragement that the horse is not running out of ideas entirely. Whether another winning day is coming is a harder question — but Tramore in the autumn might be worth marking in the diary.