You Make Me Smile

The most striking detail is how long the current losing streak has lasted. You Make Me Smile's last win came at Galway on 27 October 2025 — nearly a year ago — and in the six races since then, the results have been mixed at best: fifth, seventh, third, eighth, second, and third again. That second place suggests the horse still has something to offer, but the rhythm of wins has simply dried up. For a horse at this stage of its career, that kind of drought matters.

There are, however, small signs of what works. On slightly soft ground — the kind of damp, yielding turf that some horses hate — You Make Me Smile has won 2 of its 9 races (a 22% win rate), which is nearly three times better than its overall record. More intriguingly, Sligo appears to be something of a happy hunting ground: the horse has won twice there from seven attempts. That is a meaningful edge at a track where consistency can be rare. The challenge is turning these fragments of form into something more sustained, and with a yard sending out winners regularly this season under trainer P A Fahy, the opportunity is there if the horse can find its way back.