Keke

The partnership with jockey W J Lee is where Keke really comes alive. Together they have won 4 from 12 races — 33%, or 1 in every 3 times they combine — and that is a meaningful difference from its overall record. Some horses simply click with a particular rider, and those numbers suggest Lee understands this horse well enough to get the best out of it.

Keke's career began to take shape with a first win at Bellewstown in September 2023, and it has kept building from there. The most recent victory came at Naas just three weeks ago, on 27 April 2026, which means this is a horse in form right now, not one coasting on past glories. Look at the last six runs: third, first, a blank, fifth, tenth, second. There is a wobble in the middle — that fifth and tenth suggest it has its off days — but the bookends of that sequence are strong, and a win three weeks ago followed by a third place yesterday tells you the engine is still running.

Lynam's yard has sent out six winners this season already, so Keke is contributing to a training operation that is clearly in decent shape. Based in Co Meath and operating in Ireland, Lynam is not a trainer who needs to shout — the results speak quietly but clearly. With a horse that has raced 22 times, placed in more than half of those races, and won as recently as last month, Keke looks like exactly the kind of reliable, honest performer that makes a yard tick.