Mehmar

Both of those wins came in the summer of 2024 — first at Navan in July, then at Naas the following month — and since then, nothing. That's a dry spell stretching back around two years now, across six races without a win, which tells its own story. The recent form figures of 4-7-5-8-12 show a horse that has been finding it harder and harder to get competitive, drifting from the fringes of a placing position to finishing well off the pace. The dash before those figures indicates a non-completion at some point, adding another small complication to an already difficult recent chapter.

What keeps Mehmar in the conversation is that he raced just yesterday, so the team clearly still believes there's something to work with. At six, he's not old by any stretch — plenty of horses find a new lease of life at this age — but the trajectory over these last six runs is one that the yard will need to reverse quickly if he's going to remind anyone of those summer wins two years ago.