Lets Go Champ

What's particularly interesting right now is the recent form. Two wins from the last six races suggests Lets Go Champ is in the form of its life, and the most recent of those came at Gowran Park just three weeks ago — so this is a horse that arrives at its next race off the back of a win, fit, and clearly in good order. The Margaret Mullins yard at Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny has sent out six winners this season already, so there's plenty of confidence behind the horse at the moment.

Rachael Blackmore, one of the most celebrated jump jockeys in Ireland, has been in the saddle for 10 of the horse's 13 races — that kind of loyalty between jockey and horse tends to develop for a reason. Together they've won 2 of those 10 races, a win rate of around 1 in every 5, and the partnership clearly works. When a rider of Blackmore's calibre keeps coming back to the same horse, it usually means the horse gives her something to work with.

The first win came at Tipperary back in April 2023, and the journey since has been steady rather than spectacular — but that's no bad thing. Horses that rack up places and keep appearing in the results tend to be well-looked-after, durable animals. At 11, Lets Go Champ is proving that longevity and form can go hand in hand, and with a win banked just three weeks ago, there's every reason to think there's at least one more big day still to come.