Ipanema Queen

The Curragh is where she has really made her name. Ireland's most famous flat racing venue — a vast, sweeping grassland in County Kildare — can be an unforgiving place for horses who don't handle the wide open spaces and big-field pressure. Ipanema Queen doesn't seem to mind any of it. She has won 2 of her 3 races there, opening her account at The Curragh on 23 May 2025 and returning to win again later in the season. Two wins from three attempts at the same track is the kind of record that makes trainers and racegoers take notice — it suggests the horse genuinely thrives in that environment rather than just getting lucky once.

Her most recent win came at Dundalk on 10 October 2025, though her last couple of outings since then have been less convincing — a second place and two runs where she didn't feature prominently. That slight dip in form is worth keeping an eye on, but with 3 wins already at just 3 years old, there is plenty of season still to come.

Behind the scenes, Ipanema Queen is trained by Robson De Aguiar, operating out of Mullingar in County Westmeath. It is not one of the giant powerhouse yards you hear about constantly, but the team have sent out 11 winners already this season — a tally that speaks to a yard in confident, productive form. A trainer doing that kind of business from a smaller base tends to know exactly which races suit which horses, and Ipanema Queen looks like a prime example of that patient, targeted approach paying off.