Altimara

The last six races read 12-7-3-3-1-1, and you need to read that right to left — the two most recent results are at the end, meaning Altimara has won back-to-back races. Both of those wins came at Leopardstown, first on 7 August 2025 and then again on 21 August, which suggests the track suits this horse rather well. Leopardstown is one of the premier flat racing venues in Ireland, and winning there twice in a fortnight is not something any horse manages by accident. Whether that combination of track and conditions has been deliberately targeted is hard to say, but it has clearly worked.

The horse performs best over distances of seven furlongs to a mile — that is roughly a minute to a minute and a half of racing — and has won 2 of its 9 races at those trips, around 1 in every 4 or 5. On normal ground, the numbers are almost identical: 2 wins from 7 races, which is just under 29%, or a little better than 1 in 4. Neither the distance nor the surface tells you Altimara is a specialist who falls apart in other conditions, but both suggest there is a sweet spot worth sticking to.

Jockey Donagh O'Connor has been on board for 7 of those 17 races and picked up both wins, giving the two of them a record of 2 from 7 together — winning roughly 1 in every 3 or 4 rides as a partnership. That is a noticeably better ratio than the overall career figures, which matters. When a jockey and horse click, trainers tend to notice. Altimara raced just yesterday and is clearly in an active spell right now, which means another run is likely not far away.