Midnight Jet

The recent form tells an even sharper story. Looking at the last six outings, the sequence reads: a win, a win, fifth, third, a win, and an unplaced run before that. Three wins from six races means Midnight Jet is landing prizes at a rate of 50% — roughly one in every two starts — which is a frankly remarkable number at any level of the sport. Most good horses win somewhere between one in five and one in three races across a career. Winning half the time puts Midnight Jet in very rare company.

What makes this week's result particularly satisfying is that it happened at Killarney — the exact same track where Midnight Jet recorded that first career win back on 11 May 2025, almost exactly a year ago. Some horses have a particular affinity for a course, something in the layout or the ground that suits the way they move, and Killarney clearly brings out the best in this one. Returning there and winning again is the kind of detail that makes racegoers take notice and start pencilling a name into future race cards.

Behind all of this is trainer Henry De Bromhead, based at Knockeen in County Waterford. De Bromhead is one of the most respected names in the sport, and the numbers bear that out — his yard has sent out 107 winners already this season alone. That is a yard operating at the very top of its game, and a horse that fits neatly into that kind of operation tends to get every opportunity to fulfil its potential. Midnight Jet, still only five and racing just last weekend, is very much a horse with more chapters still to write.