The Cobblers Wife

What stands out is the partnership with jockey Michael J Doyle, who has ridden the horse nine times without a single victory. When a regular jockey struggles to land a winner with a horse, sometimes a change works—and indeed, someone else was in the saddle for that August success at Tramore. That win also came away from the usual haunts, which might suggest the horse runs better at certain tracks than others, though with only one victory to its name it is hard to draw firm conclusions.

Trainer Anthony Mullins, based at Gowran in Kilkenny, has had a decent season with 9 winners sent out. The Cobblers Wife remains an outsider in the yard's portfolio, but it is still actively racing—last out just a day ago—and that matters. An older horse that keeps running can sometimes surprise, especially if the team has found a winning formula, as they have with that Tramore victory. The question now is whether that win was a genuine breakthrough or a one-off. The next few runs will tell.