Kitty Bear

That sole win came at Dundalk on 23 January 2026, just two months ago, and it is the moment that changes how you read everything else. Dundalk is an all-weather track that runs throughout the winter, and horses who take to it well tend to keep coming back — so the fact that Kitty Bear got off the mark there is worth filing away. She has done her best work at distances between a mile and a furlong and a mile and two furlongs, winning 1 from 11 races at those trips, which amounts to 9% — not a flashy number, but it shows she stays in the game and gets competitive when the distance suits.

The jockey partnership with Orla Tynan is one of the more promising threads in this profile. In five races together, Tynan has ridden Kitty Bear to that one win — a 20% win rate, or 1 in every 5 rides — which is a notably better return than the horse's overall record suggests. That kind of chemistry between horse and rider often matters more than people realise, and it is the sort of pairing worth watching. Behind the scenes, trainer Andrew Slattery operates out of Thurles in County Tipperary and has sent out 57 winners already this season — a yard clearly in fine form, which means Kitty Bear is in capable hands. She may not be the stable star, but she is trained by someone who knows how to get a winner out.