Mr Dibbs

On normal ground, Mr Dibbs is transformed. Two wins from just 4 races in those conditions gives him a 50% win rate — meaning he wins every other time out when the track is playing fair. That is a remarkable number. For context, even elite racehorses rarely win half their races; for a horse at his level to do it on a specific surface suggests his trainer S Curling, based in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, has learned to pick his spots carefully. When the ground suits, this horse delivers.

And he just delivered again. Mr Dibbs won at Sligo this week on 12 May 2026 — just one day ago — meaning this profile is being written about a horse still warm from the winner's enclosure. His first career win came at Kilbeggan back in June 2024, so he's taken nearly two years to add a second, but the recent form suggests he's in the best shape of his career. Looking at his last six runs in order — a win, a fall or unseated, a second place, then a sixth, fourteenth, and seventh going further back — you can see a horse who has genuinely come alive in recent months after a rough patch in the middle.

Curling's yard has sent out 14 winners this season, which points to a stable operating with real confidence right now. Mr Dibbs winning this week is part of a broader pattern of form from Cashel, and with normal ground conditions continuing to be findable at this time of year, there's every reason to think he won't wait another two years before visiting the winner's enclosure again.