Sunchart

The most striking thing in Sunchart's record is what happens at Wexford. Two wins from just three races there is a remarkable return — winning 2 out of every 3 visits to a track is the kind of figure that makes you sit up. For context, across the rest of its career the win rate is far thinner: 4 wins from 33 races overall works out at roughly 1 in every 8. Wexford clearly suits this horse in a way most venues simply do not, and that is worth remembering whenever it is declared to run there.

The conditions matter too. On normal ground, Sunchart wins at around 18% — roughly 1 in every 5 or 6 races — and the sweet spot for distance appears to be 1 mile 3 furlongs to 1 mile 4 furlongs, where it has won 2 from 9 races, or about 1 in every 4 or 5. That combination of standard conditions and a middle-distance trip is when this horse is genuinely competitive.

Sunchart is trained and most often ridden by Andrew Slattery, based in Thurles, Co Tipperary — a yard that has been in fine form, sending out 62 winners this season. The partnership of trainer and jockey being the same person is unusual and creates a tight understanding of the horse's needs. Together they have won 2 from 18 races, which is 11%, or about 1 in every 9 — modest on paper, but those wins have come when it has mattered.

The recent form — finishing 7th, 7th, and 3rd in the last three completed runs — suggests Sunchart is ticking over without threatening to win. It has not won since Wexford on 28 May 2025, and the six races since have yielded nothing. But it raced just yesterday and is clearly in good enough shape to keep competing. With Wexford coming up at any point, this is a horse that could flip the form book in a single afternoon.