Tarima

That sole win came at Leopardstown on 30 March 2025, and it arrived over a distance of around a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs — a range where Tarima clearly hits its stride. In fact, across three races at that trip, the horse has won one, which is a 33% win rate, or 1 in every 3. For context, most racehorses spend their whole careers without finding a trip that suits them this cleanly. When Tarima gets the right distance, it becomes a genuinely competitive animal.

The recent form figures — 10, 4, 3, 8, 1, reading from most recent backwards — do show some inconsistency. That tenth-place finish is an eyebrow-raiser after a run of placings, and it stops this being a straightforward rising narrative. But Tarima raced just one day ago, which means the team at D.K. Weld's yard in Curragh, Co. Kildare, clearly still see enough to keep this horse busy. Weld's operation has sent out 29 winners this season alone, so they know a horse worth persisting with.

What makes Tarima worth watching is simple: find the right trip, and this horse delivers. The Leopardstown win wasn't a fluke — it came at a track that tests horses properly, over a distance that suits. Whether Tarima can rediscover that form after a mixed recent spell is the open question, but with a yard this productive behind it, the opportunity will come.