Paul Collins

That one victory came at Galway on 7 October 2025, trained by Brian McMahon, whose yard is based in Scarriff, Co Galway and has sent out 4 winners this season. Galway is practically home turf, and breaking through there clearly meant something — though Paul Collins hasn't managed to back it up since, and that win is now 9 months in the rear-view mirror.

The recent form tells a complicated story. Reading the last six runs from most recent backwards — 3, pulled up, 16, 12, 11, 1 — you can see a horse that peaked with that Galway win, then went through a rough patch of double-digit finishes, then didn't complete a race at all, and has most recently managed a third place. That third is the most encouraging number in the sequence. It suggests the horse hasn't gone backwards permanently and may be finding its way back to form at 6 years old, an age when many horses are hitting their stride. Paul Collins raced just yesterday, so whatever that form line holds, it's current.

Whether there's more to come depends on Brian McMahon finding the right opportunity. A horse with this profile — honest, placed regularly, but rarely winning — often needs everything to fall just right: the right race, the right ground, the right day. The Galway win proves it can happen. The question is whether it happens again.