Nolans Rocco

Trained by Padraig Butler at Bandon in Cork, Nolans Rocco competes at a modest level typical of many Irish jumpers. Butler's yard has sent out four winners this season, suggesting a trainer who knows how to get the job done with horses at this grade. For a horse of Nolans Rocco's profile, consistency at the track rather than fireworks elsewhere tends to define a useful career, and her one Limerick victory hints that she may have found a place where she belongs. Whether that initial success can be repeated, or whether the months since have simply been a matter of finding the right race at the right time, the coming weeks should tell.