This Songisforyou

The most interesting thing about This Songisforyou is its clear preference for normal ground conditions. When the track is neither waterlogged nor rock-hard, the horse has won 2 of its 8 races there—a rate of one win in four starts. On any other going, results dry up entirely. Its last victory came at The Curragh on 15 September 2024, a track that seems to suit it well, though it has not won in the six races that followed.

Trained by Emmet Mullins at Bagenalstown, This Songisforyou runs in a yard that has already sent out 31 winners this season, evidence of consistent quality through the stable. The horse's recent form shows promise punctuated by disappointment: a fourth place and a seventh last month sandwiched around a brace of fifth-place finishes, with only one second place across the last six outings. That it continues to race actively, with a run just yesterday, suggests the trainer still believes there is another win lurking somewhere. For a horse aged eight, that kind of perseverance is worth noting—it remains in the game.