Eachtotheirown

The seven-year-old, trained by Barry Connell at his yard in Nurney, County Kildare, has put together a tidy career — 3 wins and 5 places from 8 races in total, a win rate of 38%, which means winning more than 1 in every 3 races entered. That is a strong return by any measure. Connell's operation has been in good form generally, sending out 7 winners already this season, and Eachtotheirown has been one of the reasons why. The horse's most recent race was just yesterday — a win at Punchestown on 28 April 2026 — so this is a horse right in the middle of a purple patch.

That Punchestown victory is the latest chapter in a run of form that reads: win, fifth, win, tenth, tenth, win across the last six races. Yes, there are a couple of disappointing finishes buried in there, but three wins from six races is a 50% win rate over that stretch, which is exceptional. The career started with a first win at Galway in October 2025, and the horse has rarely looked back.

Sean Flanagan has been in the saddle for much of the journey, riding Eachtotheirown in 5 of its 8 races and winning 2 of them together — a 40% win rate as a partnership, which is the kind of number that keeps a jockey coming back for more. When a horse and rider start to build an understanding, results like this tend to follow.

The key to unlocking Eachtotheirown is no great secret at this point: wait for a wet week, point the horse at a race, and let the soft ground do the rest. Three from three on that surface tells you everything. Whether the conditions hold and the purple patch continues is the question — but right now, this is a horse very much at the top of its game.