Amelia Earhart

Her first win came at Leopardstown in October 2025, and it was worth the wait. She had already finished second twice and fourth in a high-quality race before finally breaking through — and when she did, she did it by seven lengths over a mile. Jockey Jack Cleary noted afterwards that she had been green and unfocused in the run before, but had finally put it all together. A seven-length winning margin at that level is not a horse scraping home; it is a horse announcing herself.

What has followed suggests that was no fluke. Her recent form reads 1-1-4-2-2-3, meaning she has won her last two races back-to-back, with that most recent victory coming at Chester just this week. Chester is a tight, unusual track that suits horses who travel smoothly and handle a twisting course — it does not flatter passengers. Winning there tells you something about a horse's sharpness and adaptability.

The O'Brien yard has spoken about her with genuine enthusiasm. The assessment from the team is that star jockey Ryan Moore rode her at the Curragh and came away impressed, believing she will stay a mile and a half well — a significant detail, because it points toward the Oaks trials, the spring races used to identify the best three-year-old horses in training. That is not a conversation yards have about ordinary horses.

She raced just one day ago and is clearly in the middle of a hot streak. With her win rate sitting at 33 percent — roughly one in every three races — and back-to-back victories heading into what looks like an ambitious spring campaign, Amelia Earhart is a horse to keep a close eye on over the coming months.