The recent form makes for sobering reading. Over the last six races, Love Bomb has finished 4th, 7th, 10th, 8th, 14th, and 8th — working backwards from the most recent — with no finish better than fourth and a couple of real struggles in there. A 14th-place finish is the kind of result that raises questions, and the pattern suggests a horse that is yet to recapture whatever clicked that day at Down Royal, now ten months ago.
That said, context matters. Love Bomb is trained by W McCreery at a yard in Rathbride, Co Kildare, that has sent out 19 winners already this season — so this is a capable, active operation, not a backwater stable. The team clearly knows how to get horses winning. The question is whether Love Bomb, who raced just one day ago and is very much in active campaign, can rediscover the form that brought that first win. At three, there is still time to develop — but the clock is ticking, and right now this is a horse in need of a change of luck.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
4 | 4 other | 23 Apr | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 19 May | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 29 May | 50% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 22 Mar | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 12 Jun | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 1 Jul | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Jul | 0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |