L'Un Deux Trois

The first win came at The Curragh in October 2021, one of Ireland's most prestigious tracks, which suggested early on that this was a horse with some ability. The most recent victory arrived at Tipperary in August 2023 — now 33 months ago — and that gap is the awkward truth sitting at the centre of this profile. Six races have come and gone since then without a win, and the recent form figures make for sober reading: a sixth, a seventh, and three blank runs in between. This is a horse searching for something it once had.

Where it does show its best self is over a trip of around a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs. In three races at that distance, it has won once — a ratio of 1 from 3, or 33%, which is genuinely strong by any measure. Getting the trip right matters, and when the conditions have suited at that range, L'Un Deux Trois has delivered.

The partnership with jockey Scott McCullagh is the most familiar one in its recent career — six races together, one win, which works out at roughly 1 in every 6. That is a reasonable return given the horse's overall level. In the saddle, McCullagh will know this horse's habits well, and that kind of continuity often matters more than people realise.

Oliver McKiernan's yard in Rathcoole, Co Dublin has sent out 6 winners this season, so the operation is in decent form. L'Un Deux Trois raced just yesterday, which means it is currently in active training and clearly still considered capable of contributing. At ten years old, the question is less about potential and more about finding the right day — the right distance, the right conditions, the right moment for one more performance that would add another chapter to a long and busy career.