Bodhi Bear

The partnership with jockey Seamie Heffernan tells its own story. In six races together, they have won three times — that is 1 in every 2 races as a combination, which is a remarkable hit rate by any measure. When Heffernan is in the saddle, Bodhi Bear is a different proposition: purposeful, consistent, and hard to beat. The first win of their story together came at Navan back in October 2024, and the most recent — and arguably the most significant — arrived at The Curragh just four weeks ago on 28 March 2026. The Curragh is Ireland's most prestigious flat track, the place where the best horses in the country converge, so winning there is never a hollow achievement.

The recent form figures require a little unpacking. That sequence of 8-1-20-9 going backwards from the Curragh win shows a horse that can run flat on its day — the 20 and the 9 suggest races where things did not click — but also one capable of putting it all together when conditions and confidence align. The fact that Bodhi Bear raced just one day ago underlines that Stack is keeping the horse busy and confident heading into what looks like a productive spell. With 3 wins and 5 placed efforts from 11 races, this is a horse that rarely runs without being involved in some shape — finishing out of the first three only three times in its career.

At four years old, there is still time for Bodhi Bear to step up and find out exactly what level it belongs at. For now, though, a horse trained by a yard firing on all cylinders, paired with one of Ireland's most experienced jockeys at a rate of a win every other race, is worth keeping a close eye on.