Koktail Divin

Those conditions matter. On wet, soft ground, Koktail Divin has won 2 of its 3 races — a 67% win rate that is extraordinary by any measure. But there is a nuance worth understanding. When the ground gets genuinely heavy and the distance stretches out past two and a half miles, De Bromhead has noticed the horse can get outstayed. At Punchestown, Koktail Divin ran a fine race behind Oscars Brother but didn't quite see out the trip in those testing conditions. The trainer's read was simple: a good horse beat them, and the ground did them no favours. File it under "unlucky in the circumstances" rather than "found out."

When the ground dries to something more manageable, Koktail Divin looks a different proposition. The horse is a genuine course specialist at Leopardstown, winning 2 of its 3 races there, and it was on that track — on nicer ground — that De Bromhead described the performance as "electric." Then, just this week, Koktail Divin added a win at Aintree on 09 April 2026, making it 2 wins from the last 6 races and confirming that the horse is in the form of its life right now.

De Bromhead has been candid about the journey. He admitted he probably made a mistake dropping the horse back in trip in January, and there was a period where the yard felt they were not seeing the best of it. What is striking about this trainer is how clearly he thinks about his horses — he knows what Koktail Divin needs, he knows where it thrives, and the Aintree win this week feels like the payoff for that patience. With 107 winners sent out by the yard this season alone, De Bromhead runs one of the most powerful operations in jump racing, and Koktail Divin is fast becoming one of its more interesting stories.