Come On The Lads

The most recent win came at Limerick just five weeks ago, on 31 March 2026, which makes this a horse in current, live form. That matters more than people realise — a horse that was winning last month is a very different proposition to one chasing its first win in a year. The career started at Tipperary in May 2024, so everything has been built across roughly two years of racing, and the form has clearly held up well enough to keep winning into 2026.

Gavin Cromwell trains the horse from his yard in Navan, County Meath, and this season the operation has sent out 97 winners — that's the kind of output that puts a trainer firmly among the busiest and most effective in the game. When a yard is firing at that volume, horses tend to be placed in races they can actually win, which makes Come On The Lads' five victories feel well-earned rather than lucky.

The most interesting detail in the numbers is the distance preference. At seven furlongs to a mile, Come On The Lads has won 1 from 4 races — that's 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4. For context, the overall win rate across all distances is 16%, so there's a meaningful uplift when the trip suits. That's the kind of thing a trainer notices and plans around.

The regular partnership with jockey Kieren Buckley is one to watch with curiosity rather than confidence — 0 wins from 6 races together is a run that will need to end eventually. Recent form of 7-1-5-4-6-5 shows the Limerick win surrounded by mid-pack finishes, so the horse isn't dominating but it's not dropping out of races either. With a strong yard behind it and a win as recently as five weeks ago, Come On The Lads is very much a horse in the game.