Bucky Larson

If you want to find this horse at its best, point it towards Dundalk. Both career wins have come at that track, from 28 races there — a win rate of around 1 in 14 on that particular circuit. That might not sound electrifying, but consider this: Dundalk is an all-weather indoor track, and clearly something about it suits Bucky Larson in a way that other venues simply don't. The horse has been going back there, season after season, and twice it has delivered. The most recent of those wins came on 5 December 2025 — just four months ago — so this is not a horse living on past glories.

The preferred trip is a mile and one furlong to a mile and two, and on normal ground those two wins have come from 28 races at a rate of roughly 1 in 14. Get the conditions right, get the distance right, get the track right, and Bucky Larson becomes a very different proposition. Colin Keane, one of Ireland's most respected jockeys, has teamed up with the horse six times and ridden 1 winner — that's a win rate of about 1 in 6 together, which is actually a decent return.

Trainer P Sweeney operates out of Letterkenny in County Donegal, a small yard that has sent out 6 winners already this season. That is no small achievement for an operation of that scale, and it speaks to a trainer who knows how to place horses where they have a genuine chance. Recent form shows a win followed by a second-place finish in the two runs before a brief dip — and with a race just 9 days ago, Bucky Larson is very much still active. At 11, every season feels like a bonus. But this horse keeps showing up, and occasionally, it keeps winning.