Beir Bua

The recent form tells an even sharper story. Reading the last six runs from most recent backwards — win, second, win, third, fourth, second — the only blip is that fourth place, and even that sits inside a sequence that most horses would envy. The latest victory came at Sligo just this week, on 12 May 2026, which means this horse arrives here in the best form of its career and with that winning feeling very fresh in its legs.

On normal ground conditions Beir Bua is as close to a banker as you will find at this level, winning 2 of 3 races on a standard surface — a two-in-three hit rate that is genuinely remarkable. The first career win came at Wexford back in August 2025, and the horse has not looked back since.

Behind all of this is Andrew Slattery, who trains out of Thurles in County Tipperary and has been in superb form this season, sending out 60 winners. That is a yard operating with real confidence and momentum, and a horse like Beir Bua — consistent, uncomplicated, and clearly still improving — is exactly the sort of animal a trainer in that kind of form knows how to place to maximum effect. At five years old, with only six races on the clock, there is every reason to think the best is still to come.