Jabbar

The most striking thing about Jabbar is how well he travels to Roscommon. He has won 2 of his 3 races there, which is the kind of record that makes trainers book the horsebox without much deliberation. Most horses are perfectly ordinary on most tracks — finding one that consistently performs at a specific course is a genuine edge, and Jabbar has it there. Add to that his love of wet, muddy ground, where he has won 2 of just 4 races on soft conditions — a remarkable 50% — and you start to understand what his team is looking for when they pick a race.

His most regular jockey is Keithen Kennedy, who has ridden him to 2 wins from their 6 races together, winning roughly 1 in every 3 times they team up. That is a strong partnership by any measure, and it is the kind of combination that punters tend to pay attention to when the two are reunited.

There is, however, a question hanging over him at the moment. Jabbar has not won in his last 6 races, and his most recent victory came at Dundalk back in January 2025 — over 16 months ago now. His recent form reads 9, pulled up, 4, 3, 6, 2, which is a mixed bag without a standout performance. He did finish second in one of those six runs, so the spark has not entirely gone out, but he has not been able to convert. He also raced just yesterday, so he is clearly a horse being kept busy, which suggests his team still believes there is a win in him. Whether that comes at Roscommon on a wet day with Kennedy in the saddle is the question worth watching.