Walhaan

What makes Walhaan genuinely interesting is how specific its preferences are. Put it on normal ground at distances between one mile three furlongs and one mile four furlongs, and it becomes a different proposition: it has won 4 of its last 17 races at those distances and conditions, a win rate of nearly 1 in 4. Better still, Dundalk is clearly a happy hunting ground. The horse has won 4 of 20 races there, including its most recent victory on 3 December 2025—though that was ten months ago now, and more recent form has been mixed, with just a third place from its last six outings. Ridden most often by E Walsh, the partnership has yielded just 1 win from 15 races together, suggesting the pair's chemistry hasn't quite clicked, though Walsh was praised for a no-nonsense ride on that winning day at Leopardstown. At ten years old and without a victory in its last six races, Walhaan is at that stage where it needs the right conditions—the right track, the right ground, the right distance—to have a realistic chance. When those planets align, particularly back at Dundalk on a normal surface, this old campaigner can still find the winner's enclosure.