Not Just Any Eagle

The most striking number is at Cork, where this horse has won 2 of just 4 races. Winning half your races at a particular track is the kind of record that makes trainers and jockeys sit up and take notice. For context, most horses win somewhere between 1 in 8 and 1 in 10 of their races overall, so a 50% record at one venue is genuinely unusual. The first of those Cork wins came on 22 July 2022, which is where the career story really began.

The distance that suits best is around a mile and three to four furlongs — that middle-distance sweet spot where a horse needs stamina as well as pace. Over that range, Not Just Any Eagle has won 3 of 14 races, a win rate of 21%, or roughly 1 in every 5 attempts. Again, that comfortably beats the career average and tells you the team at Flynn's yard know exactly what they are doing when they pick their spots.

Jockey Robyn Donaghue-Leahy has been the regular partner, riding in 24 of the 38 races and accounting for all four wins recorded together — a win rate of 17%, or just under 1 in every 6 rides. That level of consistency between horse and rider matters; it takes time to build, and it shows in the results. Flynn's yard has sent out 8 winners already this season, so this is an operation in decent form.

The honest note to end on is that the most recent win came at Leopardstown back in May 2025, and the last six runs have produced a third place and five finishes well down the field. The horse raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping it busy and looking for the right opportunity. Whether another win is coming soon is hard to say, but the Cork record alone gives any racing fan a reason to watch when this horse heads back there.