Sa Majeste

Trained by W P Mullins out of Muine Bheag in County Carlow, Sa Majeste sits in one of the most formidable stables in the sport. This is a yard that has sent out 237 winners in the current season alone — a number that is almost difficult to process. That level of output means Mullins is not running horses for fun; everything in the string is there because it belongs. The fact that Sa Majeste has held its place in that operation at eight years old is, in itself, a quiet endorsement.

The horse broke its career duck at Limerick on 27 December 2023, the kind of midwinter day when the ground in Ireland tends to be soft and unforgiving. Its most recent win came at Fairyhouse on 5 February 2025 — which, at fourteen months ago now, feels like a while back. The last six races have produced a mixed picture: two thirds, a couple of blanks, a fourth, and a second, which suggests a horse that keeps arriving in the conversation without quite forcing its way to the front of it.

What is worth watching is how recently Sa Majeste ran — just 21 days ago — and that it is clearly still being campaigned actively at eight. Some horses this age are beginning to wind down; this one is still being pointed at races and finishing in the frame. The question the Mullins team will be asking is whether that February 2025 win was a moment of form that has since faded, or whether a good day on suitable ground could bring it all back together. With a yard firing at that rate, when they line Sa Majeste up, they tend to mean it.