Granville Street

The most recent form makes for mixed reading. A second-place finish sits in there, which shows Granville Street can still get competitive, but a 14th and a 5th from its last two completed runs suggest consistency is the missing ingredient. That said, the horse raced just yesterday, so whatever Ciaran Murphy's yard has been working on at Mullingar, they clearly think there's more to come.

Murphy has had a productive season — 18 winners sent out from his Westmeath base — and Granville Street fits the profile of a horse kept busy and pointed at the right opportunities. The clearest pointer in the record is the performance over long distances, two miles and beyond, where the horse has won 1 from 5 races (20%). That might not sound dramatic, but it's nearly double the overall win rate, and at that trip Granville Street is almost winning 1 in every 5 races. For a horse that's been around the block, knowing where it genuinely fires is half the battle.

The career started promisingly enough with a first win at Galway in August 2023, one of Irish racing's most atmospheric festival venues, and the Kilbeggan win followed just five weeks later. Two wins in quick succession at that stage will have raised hopes of more, which makes the subsequent drought all the more frustrating. At 8 years old, the window isn't unlimited, but horses trained by busy, results-oriented yards rarely get entered just to make up the numbers. Murphy's team clearly believe Granville Street has another day out in it — and if the trip is right and the race falls kindly, the form suggests a place at minimum is well within reach.