The recent form makes for interesting reading. A finish of second two runs ago shows Captain Ciano can get competitive when conditions click, and the horse was back out racing just yesterday, which tells you the team at T G McCourt's yard in Stamullen, Co Meath are keeping it busy and believing something is there to work with. McCourt's operation has sent out 14 winners already this season, so this is not a yard throwing horses at races without purpose.
Regular jockey James Ryan has been aboard for half of Captain Ciano's career — five of its ten races — and the pair are yet to win together. That kind of loyalty between horse and rider usually means the team see something in the combination worth persisting with. They are still waiting for it to come together, but five shared runs without a win is not an unusually long wait for a horse still finding its feet at four years old. The question now is whether that second-place finish was a sign of things clicking into place, or just an occasional flash of form from a horse that finds winning one step too far. With McCourt's yard in decent shape this season, Captain Ciano is at least in the right hands to find out.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
4 | 4 other | 13 Feb | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 8 Apr | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 21 Jun | 0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 5 Apr | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Apr | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Mar | 0% |