Summer Snow

Summer Snow broke its duck at Cork in May 2023 and has been adding to that tally ever since, with the most recent win coming at Galway on 29 July 2025. The Galway Festival is one of the most competitive racing weeks in Ireland, so landing a race there is no small thing — it is exactly the kind of occasion that separates horses who can perform when it matters from those who only shine in quieter company. The yard has sent out six winners this season, and Summer Snow has been part of that momentum.

The most interesting number in this horse's profile is what happens between 7 furlongs and a mile: five wins from just 12 races at those distances, meaning it has won 42% of the time when the trip suits. That is a remarkable conversion rate — nearly 1 in every 2 races — and it tells you that when the yard get the conditions right, Summer Snow is a genuine threat. Add in a strong record on normal ground (4 wins from 13 races, just over 1 in 3) and soft, wet conditions (2 wins from 6), and this is a horse that handles variety rather than needing everything to fall perfectly.

Gowran Park is worth watching out for too. Two wins from six races there makes it a course specialist in the truest sense — it has won a third of the time at that track, which is the kind of stat that makes punters pay attention whenever the declarations come out.

Colin Keane, one of Ireland's most accomplished jockeys, has ridden Summer Snow seven times and won twice together — a win rate of 29%, or roughly 1 in every 3½ rides. That is a productive partnership by any measure. Recent form shows a fifteenth and a pulled-up run interrupting a sequence that includes a third and a first, so the last two outings are a slight dip in form — but with a race just yesterday and a Galway win only ten months ago, this is very much a horse in the thick of its career.