The most interesting detail in her record is what happens when she races at seven furlongs to a mile. Over those distances, she has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, or one in every four attempts — which is a genuinely strong return and a very different picture from her overall figures. It suggests that when the yard get the trip right, Cisterna is a competitive animal. The broader career numbers are modest, but a horse who wins one in four races at her best distance is worth paying attention to.
Her recent form tells its own story: looking at her last six races, she has finished first, third, fifth, an unknown result, seventh, and second. That is a horse whose form has been moving in the right direction — she had slipped to mid-field finishes before tightening things up with a second place and then going one better with the win. That kind of improving arc at age three is exactly what you want to see.
She is trained by Andrew Slattery out of Thurles in County Tipperary, and the yard is in strong shape this season with 60 winners on the board. Slattery also rides her himself — a trainer who saddles up for their own horses is usually someone who knows them better than anyone — though their seven races together before this win produced nothing, making the breakthrough at Roscommon feel all the more satisfying. A 3-year-old who has just broken her duck, trained by someone clearly in form, racing over a trip that suits her: Cisterna is a horse worth keeping an eye on over the weeks ahead.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Curragh Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 16 Aug | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 22 Mar | 0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 11 May | 100% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 8 Oct | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 30 Sep | 0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 27 Feb | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 8 Apr | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 5 Sep | 0% |