My Gaffer

The most striking number in the file is the Clonmel record: 2 wins from just 3 races at that track. Winning two thirds of your visits to any course is extraordinary — most horses are happy to win once at a venue and never find it again. It suggests something about the track genuinely suits My Gaffer, whether that is the layout, the ground, or simply the conditions that tend to prevail there. The most recent of those wins came just four weeks ago, on 14 April 2026, which means this horse arrives at any Clonmel conversation as the one to beat.

Ground matters too. On wet or muddy ground, My Gaffer has won 2 from 6 races — that is a 33% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 3. For context, the overall career win rate is 1 in 5, so shifting to soft conditions lifts the chance of winning by a significant margin. When the rain comes and the ground gives underfoot, this is a horse that improves rather than struggles.

John Patrick Ryan's yard in Templemore, County Tipperary has sent out 21 winners this season alone, which marks it as a genuinely productive operation rather than a small outfit getting lucky. Danny Mullins, one of the sharper jockeys in the game, has ridden My Gaffer in 10 of those 31 races and won 2 of them — a 20% win rate together, fractionally better than the career average. That ongoing partnership matters: Mullins knows this horse, and the horse knows him.

Recent form shows a fourth and a first from the last two runs, bookended by some quieter efforts further back. The trajectory is pointing upward. My Gaffer broke through at Listowel in September 2022 and has been building a case ever since — this is a horse that rewards those paying attention, especially when Clonmel is on the card and the ground is soft.