Spindleberry

The most striking detail in her record is what she has done at Fairyhouse, where she has won 3 of her 4 races. Three wins from four at a single track is the kind of dominance that suggests a horse who genuinely thrives in a particular environment — the track layout, the ground conditions, something just clicks. Her career began there in January 2024, and she has treated the place like a home ground ever since. Beyond Fairyhouse, she went to Doncaster in December 2025 and won one of the top races in Britain, a Class 1. That is a serious horse operating at the highest level on two sides of the Irish Sea.

Her partnership with jockey Paul Townend is another thread worth following. Together they have won 4 of their 6 races — that is roughly two in every three times they team up. Townend himself described the Doncaster win as smooth sailing, talked about riding on feel and trusting the rhythm Mullins had drilled into the yard. He changed his plan the moment the race started and it still worked out. That kind of adaptability, and the fact that it worked, says something about how well he and the horse understand each other.

Willie Mullins trains her out of Muine Bheag in County Carlow, the most powerful jumping yard in Ireland. Mullins has sent out 220 winners this season alone — roughly one every single day of the season — so when a horse earns his particular attention it means something. He has publicly talked about her as a Cheltenham type, a horse he has aimed at the top mares' chase at the Festival. The one quirk he has flagged is that all her wins have come on right-handed tracks, though he is relaxed about it. Whether that turns out to matter is one of the more interesting questions surrounding her next run.

Her recent form reads 1-1-1 across three successive wins before a short gap and a fourth place last time out, then a return to winning at Doncaster four months ago. She raced just yesterday, so the story is very much still being written.