Xerling

That sole win came at Cork on 14 June 2026, and it was no fluke. Look at the last six runs and you see a horse that has finished first or second in three of its last four completed races — that kind of consistency is exactly what you want to see from a young horse still learning its trade. The one blip, an eleventh-place finish, sits further back in the sequence and looks increasingly like a blip rather than a pattern. At just 3 years old, there is every reason to think Xerling is still improving.

Behind the horse is Miss Natalia Lupini, who trains out of Banbridge in Co Down and has sent out 17 winners already this season. That is a yard in form, and that matters — horses trained by confident, in-form operations tend to arrive at the track fit, well-prepared, and ready to run their best race. Lupini's team clearly knows what they are doing with this one, and the fact that Xerling raced just yesterday and remains active suggests they are not being precious about it. They are keeping the horse busy while it is in good form, which is a smart approach with a young horse on the up.

Xerling won at Cork three weeks ago and the team have kept the momentum going ever since. Whether a second win is around the corner depends on what it meets next, but this is a horse worth keeping an eye on.