Truth Be Told

Look at the last six races and you see a horse that has genuinely clicked into gear: a fifth, a ninth, a fourth, then back-to-back wins, and a runner-up finish just one day ago. Two wins from its last six races is a sharp upturn for a horse that had only managed those same two wins across its entire career. Something has changed, and the timing suggests the yard at Curragh, run by M C Grassick, has worked out what makes this horse tick. The stable has sent out six winners this season, so they know how to get a horse ready to perform.

The first win came at Thurles back in October 2025, which was the breakthrough moment — the race that showed Truth Be Told could actually get the job done. But the more significant win arrived at Leopardstown in May 2026, a much higher-profile track and a better advertisement for what the horse is capable of. Leopardstown is one of Ireland's premier venues, and winning there carries real weight. That it came just two months ago, followed immediately by a second-place finish yesterday, suggests this horse is in the form of its life right now.

Jockey Chris Hayes has been the regular partner, riding Truth Be Told in seven of its eleven races and winning once together — a win rate of around 1 in 7 when they team up. That is modest, but the partnership has been there through the lean spells and the good ones, and given how sharply the horse has improved recently, it would be no surprise to see that record improve. A horse racing this consistently well, at a track as prestigious as Leopardstown, with a run just yesterday to show it is fresh and ready — Truth Be Told is very much one to watch right now.