The most telling number in Yquem's profile is the record at a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs. At that trip, this horse has won 1 from 5 races — a 20% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 5 outings — which is meaningfully better than the overall career figures. That tells you something useful: Yquem is not just a horse that happened to win once, but one that has a genuine pattern of performing when the distance suits. Finding a horse's best trip can unlock everything, and these numbers hint that Leopardstown may just be the beginning rather than a one-off.
The recent form makes for encouraging reading too. The last six runs, from most recent backwards, read 3-1-9-8-5-3. Strip away that mid-sequence wobble of ninth and eighth — which happens — and what you see is a horse that finished third on debut in this sequence, then improved to win, and has come back just a day ago to run third again. That is a horse in form and in the thick of things. Richard Brabazon's yard at the Curragh has sent out one winner this season, and Yquem is it — so this horse is carrying the flag for the whole operation right now.
Still only four years old and racing just three weeks on from that career-defining first win, Yquem arrives at this point in the season with momentum behind it. Horses that find their feet at this age can improve quickly once confidence builds, and everything here — the trip, the track, the timing — points to a horse worth keeping an eye on.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 30 Jan | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 third | 9 Jul | 50% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 4 Jun | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 6 May | 0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 22 Jun | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 5 Jun | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Feb | 0% |