Sarmiento Power

That single win came at Dundalk on 26 September 2025, nearly nine months ago now, and it remains the sole bright spot in an otherwise modest career. Dundalk is an all-weather track in Ireland that often suits horses who appreciate a consistent, predictable surface, and it's worth noting that Sarmiento Power's best performances tend to come over longer distances — between a mile and six furlongs and two miles. Over that range, it has won 1 from 9 attempts, a rate of about 11%. That's not spectacular, but it does suggest the horse has a genuine preference, and the yard who keep pitching it at shorter trips are probably leaving its best racing on the table.

Robbie Colgan has been the regular partner, riding in 9 of those 23 races together and producing the one win between them. That shared record — 1 from 9 at around 11% — roughly mirrors the horse's overall profile: not uncompetitive, but rarely threatening to take a race by storm. Matthew J Smith trains the horse from Kilmessan in County Meath, a yard that has sent out 8 winners this season, so the operation is clearly capable of getting horses to win. Sarmiento Power just hasn't been among them recently.

The last six runs make for sobering reading: finishes of 8th, 10th, unplaced, 14th, unplaced, and 7th, most recent first. It raced just yesterday, so it is very much an active campaigner — but there's nothing in the recent form to suggest a win is imminent. At its level and distance, the opportunity is there. Whether Sarmiento Power can find that Dundalk magic again is the question anyone following this horse will be quietly hoping gets answered sooner rather than later.