She's A Fine Wine

Trained by Henry De Bromhead at Knockeen in County Waterford, she runs from a yard that is thriving this season with 110 winners already sent out. Her regular rider is Rachael Blackmore, one of the most accomplished jockeys in jump racing, and the partnership has paid off: they have won together twice from six races, a win rate of one in three that hints at a genuine understanding between horse and rider. Her most recent victory came at Downpatrick on 14 June, two months ago, which keeps her firmly in active contention. The fact that she raced just a day ago shows she is being campaigned regularly and remains engaged at the business end of races. Recent form has been mixed—a second place followed by an eighth, then a first, another first, a ninth, and a sixth—but that second place just days ago suggests she is still turning up competitive and ready to run. For a horse in the middle stages of her career, She's A Fine Wine looks like a genuine operator: reliable enough to win her share of races, clever enough to place regularly, and still sharp enough at eight years old to be going out and racing hard.