Kimy

The horse runs for Thomas Mullins's yard at Goresbridge in County Kilkerry, a small operation that has sent out only two winners this season. Most of Kimy's rides have come with Danny Mullins in the saddle; across five races together, they have one win to show, which works out to a 20% win rate — a meaningful improvement on his overall record, though the sample is small. Her most recent outings tell the story of a horse treading water: in her last six runs she has finished second, 15th, sixth, ninth, second, and seventh. That pair of second-place finishes came either side of some genuinely poor efforts, suggesting she remains capable of getting close but struggles to seal the deal.

What keeps Kimy interesting is not her win rate but the simple fact that she is still trying. A horse with one win from 30 races could easily fade from view, but she continues to race and occasionally threaten — those two runner-up finishes show she has not completely lost it. At six years old and with a career earnings far below what would justify keeping her in training at the top level, she appears to be a genuine campaign horse for a small yard, plugging away at moderate tracks, competing on a modest budget. She raced just a day ago, so she is clearly still in work and still being asked to deliver.