That one win came at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day 2025, and it has not been back to the winner's enclosure since. Seventeen months is a long time between victories, and the recent form makes for difficult reading — finishing eighth, tenth, ninth, and twelfth in four of the last six runs, with only a third place offering any real encouragement. The trend is pointing in the wrong direction, and at nine years old, the window for turning things around is not as wide as it once was.
Must Go Now is trained by Edward Cawley out of Batterstown in County Meath, a yard that has sent out three winners already this season — so the operation clearly knows how to get a horse ready to win. The question is whether Must Go Now can find a race that suits well enough to recapture what it showed at Fairyhouse. The horse raced just yesterday, which tells you at least that it is sound and active, and sometimes that matters more than form figures.
At this stage of a career, context is everything. A horse with one win from 19 races is not going to be anyone's idea of a banker, but sport has a way of producing moments that statistics never predict. Fairyhouse proved that once already.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
5 | 1 win, 4 other | 6 Apr | 20% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 28 Apr | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 3 Mar | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
2 | 2 other | 25 May | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 19 Mar | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 26 Jan | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 28 Dec | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 29 Oct | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 17 Mar | 0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 23 Nov | 0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 8 Jun | 0% |