Butter Fingers

The career began to take shape at Tipperary in July 2024, when Butter Fingers landed a first win. What has followed is a horse that has gradually found its feet, and this week that progress delivered its most recent reward: a win at Wexford on 7 May 2026, just days ago, making this a horse that is very much in form right now. Recent runs read 1-6-3-4-10-5, going most recent first — a win, a disappointing sixth, a third, a fourth, then a rough patch. That sequence suggests a horse that bounces, but the direction of travel this week is firmly the right one.

Behind the scenes, Butter Fingers is trained by Ross O'Sullivan, operating out of Kilcullen in County Kildare. O'Sullivan's yard has sent out 35 winners this season alone, which is the sign of a stable that is genuinely firing — horses leaving that yard in form are horses worth watching. When a busy, productive training operation brings a horse to the track and it wins, it rarely happens by accident. Butter Fingers is part of a yard that clearly knows how to place its horses well and get them ready to run.

At five years old, this is a horse entering what should be its prime years. The record of 3 wins from 20 races is not that of an elite performer, but it is not meant to be — this is a horse that competes at its level, finds winning form at the right moments, and backed up its Wexford victory just days ago having raced again immediately after. That kind of durability and willingness is something any racing fan learns to appreciate. Butter Fingers is not a superstar, but right now it is in form, well-trained, and very much a horse to keep an eye on.