Moltophino

His wins have come on the kind of ground he loves: standard, normal racing conditions. He has won 2 of his 15 races on such ground — a 13% win rate when the track suits him — and his victories, at The Curragh in May 2025 and Navan six weeks ago in September 2026, came at least a year apart. That gap matters. It speaks to a horse plugging away without finding the breakthrough moments, then stumbling into a win when the pieces align. Since that Navan victory, his last six races have yielded three top-3 finishes but no wins: two third-place finishes sandwiching two ninth-place efforts suggest recent form has flatlined.

Trainer John Andrew Kinsella, based at Rathdrum in County Wicklow, has kept him busy and competitive. Most regularly ridden by Chris Hayes — who has a modest 17% win rate (1 win from 6 races) aboard him — Moltophino represents the kind of steady worker that small yards rely on. He is a horse that will run, will try, and will probably pay his way with regular placings. But with a career value of just two wins from 29 attempts and recent form suggesting he is losing his way, he belongs firmly in the category of useful but unremarkable — the horse that fills a card and occasionally rewards a patient backer, but will never be spoken of in terms of ambition.