The Love Machine

That one career win came at Navan on 8 October 2025, and it still stands as the horse's only victory some eight months on. Navan is a track that suits certain horses down to the ground — a galloping, right-handed course in County Meath that rewards stamina and a good attitude. Whatever clicked that day in October, The Love Machine has not been able to reproduce it since, with its last six runs reading 5-blank-18-blank-12-12. Those blanks mean the horse did not finish in a conventional position — possibly unseated, pulled up, or refused — which, alongside finishes as far back as 18th, suggests a horse that is inconsistent at best.

The most regular partnership in the saddle has been with jockey Wesley Joyce, but that combination has yet to fire: zero wins from seven races together. That is not necessarily a damning verdict on either horse or jockey — sometimes it simply takes time to find the right conditions, the right trip, the right day — but it is a combination still searching for its moment.

Sean Davis trains the horse out of Maynooth in County Kildare, a yard that has sent out two winners this season. That is a modest return, and it suggests a smaller operation working away quietly rather than a powerhouse stable with runners at the top tracks every week. For a yard of that size, getting a horse like The Love Machine to win even once is genuinely meaningful — it represents real work and patience rather than a production line of talent.

The Love Machine raced just yesterday, so it is clearly in active work and its team have not given up on finding another winning opportunity. Whether Navan holds the key again — or whether that October afternoon remains a one-off — is the question worth watching.