State Pension

That sole win came at Tipperary on 6 October 2025, trained by the local handler David Harry Kelly, whose yard sits just a short drive from the track in Rathvin, Co Tipperary. There is something fitting about a horse trained in Tipperary winning at Tipperary, and Kelly clearly knows how to place a horse well — his yard has sent out 16 winners already this season, which is a solid return for an operation of this size.

At six years old, State Pension is in the prime of its racing life — old enough to know what it is doing, young enough to still be improving. The recent form reads 5-3-1-2 going back through the last four races, which is almost a perfect arc: placed, then won, then placed again. That kind of sequence suggests a horse in good heart, and the fact that it raced just yesterday tells you the team is keeping it busy while confidence is high.