Place De La Nation

The recent form makes for satisfying reading: third, second, first, first, fifth, second across the last six races. That sole fifth-place finish is the only blip in an otherwise relentlessly competitive sequence, and either side of it the horse was winning. The first victory came at Thurles in November 2025, and just over six weeks later Place De La Nation was back in the winner's enclosure at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day 2026 — a pleasingly bold way to start a calendar year.

What gives this profile extra weight is the name above the stable door. Willie Mullins, based at Muine Bheag in County Carlow, is not a trainer who struggles for winners — his yard has sent out 237 winners already this season alone, a number that most training operations could only dream of across several years. Horses trained by Mullins tend to be placed with care and targeted with purpose, so the fact that Place De La Nation has already won twice from just six outings suggests the team see real ability here, not just a horse filling out a race card.

Last seen on the track 17 days ago, Place De La Nation is firmly active and clearly being kept busy. With a win rate like this, still only five years old, and the backing of one of the most powerful yards in racing, the interesting question is not whether there are more wins to come — it is how far up the ladder this horse can climb.