Persian Bliss

The five-year-old has an overall record of 3 wins and 6 places from 11 races — wins in roughly 1 in every 4 outings — and every single one of those victories has come at Dundalk. The first arrived on 25 October 2024, and the most recent followed on 7 February 2025, suggesting this is a horse that has grown into its best form with experience rather than bursting onto the scene as a youngster. It is currently active, having raced just one day ago, which means whoever is watching the form book closely will want to check how that run landed before drawing too many conclusions.

Recent form shows a mixed picture: a win, two runner-up finishes, and a couple of disappointing efforts mixed in. That eighth-place finish in the sequence is worth noting — it's the kind of run that often comes when a horse is either out of sorts or facing a much tougher test than usual. The two second-place finishes, though, show there's still plenty of ability in there, and the pattern of bouncing back matters.

Behind the horse is the yard of Denis Gerard Hogan, based in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary. With 56 winners sent out already this season, this is clearly a team that knows what it's doing — a busy, productive operation that places its horses well. When a yard like that keeps returning to the same track with the same horse, it's usually because they've seen something they trust. With Persian Bliss, the evidence is hard to argue with.