Oh I Do Declare

Trained by Richard John O'Brien out of Ballingarry in County Limerick, Oh I Do Declare is part of a yard that has hit the ground running this season with five winners already on the board. O'Brien's operation is small enough that every runner matters, and a horse with two placed efforts from three races is precisely the kind of consistent performer that keeps a yard ticking over while the bigger prizes are being chased.

Having raced just yesterday, Oh I Do Declare is clearly in an active campaign right now. With a career record that reads zero wins and one place from three starts, the horse has yet to find the winner's enclosure — but those back-to-back second places suggest a step forward is well within reach. Sometimes it just takes the right race, the right day, and the right moment for a horse like this to tip over from nearly into actually.