Catalina Delcarpio

Her first career win came at Leopardstown in April 2025, and Twomey had spotted it coming. He later recalled telling the owner she might have enough class to carry her through on debut, because she trained so well at home and seemed to find everything easy. That instinct proved right. What is striking about the trainer's early comments is how deliberately they managed her schedule — sidestepping Epsom and the Irish Oaks on purpose, not because she wasn't good enough, but because they believed she needed time to strengthen. That kind of patience is rarer than it sounds in racing, and it suggests a yard that had real faith in what they had on their hands.

That faith appears to be paying off. She won again at Leopardstown just this week — her most recent run — and Twomey had flagged a race at Ascot's Royal meeting, the Ribblesdale, as a target, describing her as a horse who was coming into herself. The Ascot run suggested the longer trip stretched her slightly, but rather than seeing that as a ceiling, Twomey framed it as a matter of time: a little stronger, a little older, and she will see it out. That is the voice of a trainer who sees something in a horse that the results don't yet fully show.

P Twomey's yard has sent out 42 winners this season alone, which puts them firmly among the productive operations in Irish racing right now. With Catalina Delcarpio racing just yesterday and clearly in the form of her life, the next chapter looks well worth following.