My Great Mate

The real story here is wet ground. My Great Mate is a different horse when conditions turn nasty — it wins roughly half its races (3 wins from 6) on soft or muddy ground, compared to a much weaker record on faster surfaces. This is the kind of trait that should determine when its the yard run it, yet recent form suggests that discipline may be lacking. In its last six races, it has won just once, with a fourth and two more fourth-place finishes dotted in among the results. That sole recent win came at Galway on 27 October 2024, a course where the horse has found success twice in six attempts. Galway has become something of a happy hunting ground, though the horse was last active just a day ago, so it is back in competition and may yet find its way to another wet-ground opportunity where it could prove troublesome to those betting against it.