The recent form tells a more complicated story. Those two places came earlier in the sequence, and the last few runs have seen her finish 11th and 13th before a more encouraging fourth last time out. Racing just yesterday, she is clearly a horse being kept busy, and that fourth place suggests there may be a bit of life left in the campaign yet.
Where Mystic Bella does have a serious advantage is in her corner. Henry De Bromhead's yard at Knockeen in Co Waterford is one of the most powerful operations in the sport right now — 107 winners sent out this season alone. To put that in perspective, that is not a yard scraping around for opportunities; that is a team that knows how to place a horse and when to pull the trigger. The fact that De Bromhead has kept Mystic Bella in training and racing regularly suggests the belief is still there that a win can come. Yards of that calibre do not waste time on hopeless causes.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 27 Mar | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 26 Jul | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 14 Aug | 0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 12 May | 0% |