Sinbad My Dad

That one breakthrough came at Leopardstown in August 2025, and it is worth pausing on the venue. Leopardstown is one of Ireland's most prestigious tracks, used regularly for top-level racing, so getting a win there at all is genuinely something. It was not a fluke on a quiet afternoon at a small track — it happened somewhere that matters. The problem is it was nearly eleven months ago, and the six races since have produced finishes of third, third, ninth, eighth, sixth, and fourth. There is just enough in those placings to keep hope alive, but no follow-through.

Joseph Harnett has been in the saddle eight times, winning once together, which works out at roughly 1 in every 8 rides — better than the horse's overall rate, which counts for something. The trainer is Seamus Fahey, whose yard in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare has sent out one winner this season. This is a small operation, and Sinbad My Dad is very much part of that picture. At distances between a mile and one furlong and a mile and two furlongs, the record reads 1 win from 13 races — 8%, or roughly 1 in 12 — which is where he is most at home, even if results there remain sparse.

Sinbad My Dad raced just one day ago, so he is very much in the thick of things. Whether another Leopardstown moment is coming is genuinely hard to say — but the recent uptick in form, with back-to-back third-place finishes before the last run, suggests he may not be as far away as the headline numbers imply.