Nastya

Her two wins have come at different tracks — Down Royal in April 2025 and Killarney in October 2025 — which tells you she is not just a horse that flukes a result on one familiar circuit. Winning away from home, at different venues and across different parts of the season, suggests genuine ability rather than a horse that has simply stumbled into the right race at the right time. That Killarney win was her most recent outing, but it came 148 days ago, meaning she is now returning from a break of roughly four months. That is worth noting — she will need to shake off the ring rust, and first run backs after a long absence can be unpredictable even for solid horses.

What gives confidence is the yard behind her. Henry De Bromhead, based at Knockeen in County Waterford, is one of the most respected operations in Irish racing, and this season alone the yard has sent out 106 winners. That is not a team that wastes its time with horses it does not believe in, and the fact that Nastya has been kept in training tells you something about how they rate her. With 2 wins and 5 places from 8 races, she has finished out of the money just once in her career — a stat that speaks to consistency rather than brilliance, but consistency is what keeps a horse running at a decent level. She is not a superstar, but she is the kind of reliable, hard-knocking competitor that is the backbone of any successful yard.