Kitty Bear

The most recent of those wins came at Roscommon just this week — a result fresh enough that the ground hasn't fully dried under the hooves yet. Her very first win arrived at Dundalk back in January 2026, so within a matter of months she has doubled her career tally and found a consistency that simply wasn't there before. When a horse goes from one win in its entire career to three in a short window, something has usually changed — whether that's fitness, confidence, or simply finding races that suit.

A key part of that story is jockey Orla Tynan. Together they have won 2 of their 9 races — roughly 1 in every 4-and-a-half — which is a noticeably better return than Kitty Bear's overall record suggests. That kind of partnership matters. A jockey who understands how a horse travels and when to ask for an effort can make a measurable difference, and the numbers here back that up.

Behind the scenes, the operation is a confident one. Trainer Andrew Slattery runs his yard out of Thurles in County Tipperary, and this season his team has already sent out 60 winners — a serious total that puts them firmly in the productive tier of Irish training yards. A horse doesn't keep improving in a poorly run operation, and Kitty Bear's recent trajectory suggests she is being managed well.

She raced just yesterday, which means the yard will be assessing how she has come through that effort before planning what comes next. But on current form, she is a horse worth keeping an eye on. Three wins from 24 races is modest on paper, but two of them have come in the last six outings. That's not a coincidence — that's a four-year-old starting to work out what racing is all about.