Lohengrin

That single win came at Laytown on 4 September 2025, which is a rather fitting venue. Trained by E D Delany, who is based right there in Laytown, Co Meath, this feels like a horse that saved its best for home. Laytown is one of the more unusual racing venues in Ireland — races are run on the beach, tides permitting — so a winner there carries a certain novelty value. Delany's yard has sent out 5 winners this season, so Lohengrin contributed to what has been a reasonable campaign for the team.

The distance range where Lohengrin looks most at home is 7 furlongs to a mile, winning 1 of 7 races at those trips — a win rate of 14%, or roughly 1 in 7. That is a meaningful improvement on the overall career numbers and suggests the horse has a specific sweet spot that the team have identified. Regular partner Colin Keane, one of the more accomplished jockeys in Ireland, has ridden Lohengrin 8 times without a win together, which is a run of luck that will frustrate the yard and punters alike.

Recent form makes for difficult reading — the last 6 runs include a string of double-digit finishing positions, and the Laytown win now sits 9 months in the past. Lohengrin raced just yesterday, so the horse remains very much active, and the team clearly believe there is another moment to be found. Whether that comes around again is the question, but with the beach track at Laytown presumably on the horizon come the summer, there may be a sentimental date circled in the Delany yard's diary.