O'Toole

The most recent win came at Leopardstown just four weeks ago, in early March 2026, and it is worth pausing on that for a moment. Leopardstown is one of Ireland's most competitive venues — the quality of horse that turns up there means nothing is handed to you. Winning there at ten years old, in form this consistent, says everything about where O'Toole currently stands. This is not a horse coasting through easier company; it is a horse thriving at a high level.

S R B Crawford, based in Larne on the Antrim coast, trains the horse, and the yard is having a productive season — 12 winners sent out already this campaign. That kind of output from a yard signals a sharp, well-organised operation that knows how to keep horses fit and ready, and O'Toole's recent form reflects exactly that. A horse does not win 3 of its last 6 races by accident; it is trained and managed with care.

O'Toole first won at Down Royal on St Stephen's Day 2021, which feels like a lifetime ago given everything that has followed. Four years on, the horse is not fading into the background the way many do at this age — it is still showing up, still winning, and still placing when it does not win. With a race just 27 days ago and the trainer clearly in good form, there is every reason to think the story has more chapters left to run.