Well Del

The first win came at Limerick in October 2024, but the more interesting result is the most recent one: a win at Punchestown just six weeks ago, in February 2026. Punchestown is one of Ireland's most respected tracks, and winning there at any age means something. That result sits at the heart of a decent recent run — looking at the last six races, Well Del has a win, a third, and a second among them, which is the kind of consistency that suggests this is a horse in form rather than a horse that got lucky once.

Trainer David K Walsh has sent out just one winner so far this season, and Well Del is it. That puts this horse at the centre of what the yard has achieved this year — not just another runner, but the result everyone there will point to. Walsh operates from an undisclosed base, which keeps things quietly professional, and with Well Del having raced just 10 days ago, it is clearly being kept active while the good spell lasts.

At 8 years old, Well Del is not a young prospect being shaped for the future — this is a racehorse in the prime working years of its career, and the team appear to know exactly what suits it. The two wins have come at different tracks, which suggests the horse is versatile rather than dependent on one particular venue. The question worth watching now is whether the Punchestown win was the peak of this current purple patch, or whether there is another result in the locker while the form holds.