Mocking

That sole career win came at Roscommon on 13 October 2025, and it arrived at the distance Mocking clearly prefers — somewhere between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs. Over that trip, the record reads one win from five races, a 20% win rate, which means Mocking wins one in every five races at its best distance. That's a meaningful uptick from the overall figures, and it tells you something important: point this horse at the right race over the right distance, and it becomes a genuinely competitive animal.

The recent form underlines that. Reading from most recent to oldest, the last six races show a blank, then a win, then a third, a sixth, a second, and another second. Strip out the one poor run and you have a horse that has been consistently threatening — placing in four of its last five completed efforts. That's not the profile of a horse going backwards.

Ben Coen has been in the saddle for six of Mocking's ten races and has the winning partnership on his record, landing that Roscommon victory together. Their combined win rate sits at around 17% — roughly one win in every six rides — which is a solid working relationship worth noting. Trainer J P Murtagh, operating out of Coolaghknock Glebe in Co Kildare, has had a productive season with 56 winners sent out, so this is a yard that knows how to get a horse ready to win. The fact that Mocking raced just yesterday means it's right in the thick of things — no cobwebs, no question marks about fitness. The only question is whether the right opportunity turns up soon.