Zaraahmando

Trained and ridden by Andrew Slattery out of Thurles in County Tipperary, Zaraahmando is part of a yard that has sent out 60 winners this season alone — a genuinely impressive haul that speaks to how well the operation is currently running. When Slattery takes the ride himself, the partnership clicks noticeably better: 2 wins from 8 races together works out at 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4 races — a meaningful jump above the horse's overall average. That kind of trainer-jockey combination, where the man who knows the horse best is also the one in the saddle, often brings out the best in a horse at this level.

Ground conditions matter here too. On normal ground, Zaraahmando has won 2 of 7 races — nearly 1 in 3 — which suggests the horse moves through its best work when the surface isn't testing. File that away for future reference.

The recent form does give slight pause. The last six runs read 6-13-4-5-1-3 in reverse order, meaning that win at Cork on 10 September 2025 now sits nine months back, and since then the horse has been finding rivals a touch too strong. A 13th-place finish in the most recent outing is the low point of that sequence, though the race before showed a more competitive fourth. Zaraahmando raced just one day ago, so there's no fitness concern — this is simply a horse that's had a tougher spell and will be looking to rediscover winning form. With a sharp yard behind it and a trainer who clearly knows how to get the best from this horse when he picks up the reins himself, a bounce back wouldn't surprise anyone watching closely.