Nakamura

The partnership with jockey Ben Coen is worth noting. Coen has been in the saddle for 7 of Nakamura's 11 races and has ridden both winners, giving the pair a win rate of roughly 1 in every 3.5 rides together — or 29%, which is genuinely strong. When Coen is booked and the ground is soft, the horse becomes a serious prospect. The trainer behind all of this is J P Murtagh, operating out of Coolaghknock Glebe in County Kildare. Murtagh's yard has sent out 54 winners this season — a yard running in top gear — and Nakamura is part of that momentum.

The first win came at Navan on 28 August 2025, and the second followed at Cork on 30 September 2025. Cork was the most recent victory, now eight months ago, and the recent form reads a little flatly — finishes of 7th and 8th in the last two runs. But the horse raced just one day ago, so it is very much an active campaign. At three years old, Nakamura is still developing, and a horse that wins two-thirds of its races on soft ground and has a jockey who clearly brings out the best in it has every reason to add to that tally. Watch the weather forecast before dismissing this one.