Royal Hollow

Trained by A. Slattery at Thurles in County Tipperary, Royal Hollow has been racing seriously for over a year and a half, with its breakthrough win coming at Ballinrobe in July 2024. The yard itself is thriving this season, having sent out 62 winners, so there's clearly competent horsemanship on hand. The horse's most recent victory came at Clonmel on April 14, 2026, meaning it has now gone six months without a win despite remaining active — it raced just yesterday. Those last six runs tell the story of a horse in a slight downturn, with results of 5-5-7-15-6-2 suggesting it is still mixing competitive finishes with races where it simply doesn't have enough. Royal Hollow was most often ridden by A. P. Ryan, though that partnership yielded only 1 win from 10 races together, suggesting the right jockey could make a difference. At eight years old, this is still a horse with racing left to give, but it will need to string together better form and find its way back to those longer distances where it has shown it can genuinely compete.