What makes the absence since then worth noting is the gap itself — roughly five months off the track. Horses returning from that kind of break can go one of two ways: rusty and needing the run, or fresh and ready to build on what came before. Marjorie Daw arrives back with a clean, unblemished foundation to work from: one race won, one race placed, nothing wasted.
The trainer behind this is Joseph G Murphy, operating out of Fethard in County Tipperary, and his yard has been in fine form — 19 winners sent out this season alone. That kind of output doesn't happen by accident. It points to a stable that knows when a horse is ready and doesn't rush things unnecessarily, which makes the decision to give Marjorie Daw this extended break feel deliberate rather than concerning.
Two races is a small sample, but a 50% win rate — one win from every two races — is the kind of number most horses never come close to across an entire career. The next chapter, after five months away, will tell us whether that early promise was a glimpse of something real.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 win | 20 Oct | 100% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 22 Sep | 0% |