Pink Oxalis

Trained by Stephen Thorne out of Rush in County Dublin, Pink Oxalis is part of a yard that has been in excellent form this season — 24 winners and counting. The partnership with jockey Jack Kearney has been particularly productive: together they have won 3 of their 10 races, a win rate of 30%, which works out to almost 1 in every 3 times they line up together. For a general-purpose racehorse operating across the Irish racing circuit, that is a meaningful number and suggests the combination brings out something in each other.

The key to unlocking Pink Oxalis seems to lie in two things: the ground and the trip. On slightly wet, soft ground, this horse has won 2 from 4 races — a remarkable 50% win rate, compared to the overall average of roughly 1 in 6. It also does its best work over distances between a mile-and-one-furlong and a mile-and-two — essentially a middle-distance horse, needing enough time to find a rhythm and build momentum. Over those distances, it has won 4 of 14 races, or just under 1 in 3. That is not a coincidence; it is a pattern worth paying attention to.

The most recent win came at Leopardstown on 13 September 2025 — and Leopardstown is one of Ireland's most prestigious tracks, a place where only decent horses bother showing up. Winning there means something. Before that, the first career win arrived at Dundalk in March 2025, which gives Pink Oxalis a career narrative of a horse that found its feet and then found a higher level to win at.

Recent form has been patchier — finishing 15th, then 1st, 5th, 7th, 2nd, and 3rd in the last six races — which shows the kind of up-and-down runs that are normal for a horse racing regularly. The win in that sequence keeps the profile alive, and with a race just 14 days ago, Pink Oxalis is clearly still being trained with purpose. Get the soft ground and the right trip, and this horse tends to show up.