Diamond Exchange

Her career reads well: 2 wins and 5 places from 8 races, a win rate of 25%, meaning she wins roughly 1 in every 4 races she enters. That is a solid return, and the consistency matters too — she has barely run a bad race. The sequence over her last six outings reads 1-3-1-3-6-2, which tells the story of a horse who keeps turning up and competing. Only one poor run in six is the kind of form that makes the yard — sorry, that makes the yard — quietly confident.

Where Diamond Exchange really comes alive is over a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs. She has won 2 of her 5 races at that distance, a 40% win rate — winning 2 in every 5 is a remarkable number in a sport where even the very best struggle to get close to that. Her first career win came at Dundalk in January 2026, and she followed that up with a win at Leopardstown just this week. Leopardstown is one of Ireland's most competitive tracks, so ticking that box matters.

There is also useful context behind her profile. She missed time in the middle of last year after suffering a bout of colic — a serious digestive condition that can sideline horses for weeks. When she came back, she won first time out. That bounce-back speaks well of the horse and the care she has had at the yard.

Mrs Harrington believes the best is still ahead of her. The thinking from the team is that stepping her up to a mile and a half — the top end of the distance range she already thrives at — could unlock something more. One thing to note: her regular jockey Shane Foley has not yet ridden her to a win in five attempts together, so that partnership remains one to watch rather than one to bank on. But with a horse in this kind of form, riding into a winner looks like a matter of when rather than if.