Wyoming Baby

That solitary win came at Cork on 10 May 2025, and the timing could not have been more fitting. Cork is home territory for Wyoming Baby — trained just down the road in Kinsale by Robert Tyner, whose yard has been in fine form this season with 15 winners already on the board. When a horse finally breaks through at its local track, there is something satisfying about it, and Wyoming Baby's the yard will have savoured every moment.

What makes the story more interesting is the recent trajectory. Look at the last six races in reverse order and you see a horse that was struggling badly — finishing 13th and 15th — before suddenly clicking into gear. Third, then second, then first. That is a horse finding form at exactly the right time, not one that stumbled into a win by accident. At eight years old, horses are not supposed to be improving, which makes that sequence all the more eyebrow-raising.

Jockey Phillip Enright has been along for much of the journey, riding Wyoming Baby in 7 of those 13 races and partnering the horse for that Cork victory. Their win rate together sits at 14% — winning roughly 1 in every 7 races as a partnership — which is meaningfully better than the overall career record of 1 in 13. That suggests some real understanding between horse and rider, and it is no coincidence that Enright was in the saddle when the breakthrough finally came.

Having raced just 24 days ago, Wyoming Baby is active and in the mix. Whether that Cork win proves to be a one-off or the start of something is the question worth watching. Robert Tyner's yard is firing, the horse is in form, and at eight years old there is nothing left to prove — only races left to run.