Port Of Spain

His one win came at Punchestown in September 2025, and it planted a flag. Since then he's been mixing it with better company, and his recent run at the Curragh — where he finished third — has his trainer Aidan O'Brien talking in terms that matter. O'Brien, whose yard at Cashel in County Tipperary has sent out 144 winners this season alone, believes Port Of Spain will stay a mile and a quarter and is pointing him towards a Classic trial. For a three-year-old, that's a significant step up in ambition, and it tells you the team see a horse capable of competing at a high level.

The distance picture is interesting. Port Of Spain has raced four times over a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, winning once from those four attempts — a 25% win rate at his best trips, which works out to roughly 1 win in every 4 races. That might not sound spectacular, but in the hands of a yard this powerful, horses tend to be placed in races for a reason. O'Brien isn't sending horses to Classic trials on a whim. The fact that Port Of Spain handles this middle distance well, and that his trainer is bullish about him staying further, suggests the best is still ahead.

He raced just yesterday, so he's right in the thick of his season, and with a Classic trial on the horizon, the next few weeks could define what kind of horse he turns out to be. For now, he's a talented young horse in one of racing's great yards, doing enough to earn a shot at the big stage.