Party President

Those two wins tell an interesting story. The first came at Naas in April 2025, and the second followed just two weeks later at Clonmel. Back-to-back wins like that suggest a horse that had found its rhythm — and crucially, both came on slightly soft ground. In fact, on that kind of surface, Party President has won 2 of its 3 races, a 67% win rate that is extraordinary by any measure. Most racehorses win roughly 1 in 10 on their preferred ground. Winning 2 from 3 tells you this horse genuinely transforms when conditions suit, rather than just performing marginally better.

The trouble is that since Clonmel in April 2025 — now 14 months ago — the wins have dried up completely. The last six runs make for grim reading: a second place is the only bright spot, surrounded by finishes of fifth, eighth, ninth, and eleventh. Whatever spark lit up that spring fortnight has not reappeared, and the current form is that of a horse searching for confidence rather than building it.

Anthony Mullins trains Party President from his yard in Gowran, County Kilkenny, and the operation has been in decent nick this season with 9 winners sent out. The partnership with jockey Mr A Leahy is the one to watch — together they have won 2 of their 7 races, a win rate of 29%, or just under 1 in 3. That is a genuinely strong ratio and suggests Leahy has a real understanding of how to ride this horse.

The profile that emerges is of a horse with a very specific set of requirements: Mr A Leahy in the saddle, and soft ground underfoot. Get both right, and Party President has already shown it can win. The question is simply whether those conditions will align again — and whether the horse still has that April 2025 form somewhere inside it, waiting to come out.