What's Your Game

That single win came at Cork on 19 April 2025, and it arrived over a distance of between a mile and six furlongs and two miles — the kind of trip that asks a horse to settle, travel, and stay on through the finish rather than simply burning bright from the gates. At those longer distances, What's Your Game has won 1 from 4 attempts, a 25% win rate that's actually a much more encouraging picture than the overall career record suggests. In other words, get the trip right and this horse becomes a genuine contender rather than a journeyman making up the numbers.

The recent form makes for interesting reading. Reading from left to right, the last six runs show a win, a second, a sixth, a fifth, and then a blank — suggesting a horse that hit a peak around that Cork victory before form tailed off somewhat. That's not unusual; horses can run a career-best and then need time to find that level again. What's useful is that the trainer, Robson De Aguiar, has sent out 10 winners from his Mullingar base this season alone, which tells you this is a yard in form and capable of getting horses to perform when it matters. De Aguiar clearly knows how to place horses well, and with a horse like What's Your Game — one that needs the right distance and the right day — that kind of patient, switched-on training approach matters enormously.

Raced just one day ago, What's Your Game is bang in the middle of a campaign right now. Whether another win is around the corner depends on conditions and competition, but a horse that places in over half its races and wins a quarter of the time at its preferred distance is one that the yard — the yard — can work with. Don't be surprised to see this one in the frame again soon.