Stone Bear

The most striking thing about Stone Bear is what happens when it runs at Dundalk. Two wins from five races there works out to a 40% win rate — winning roughly 2 in every 5 times it visits the track. In racing, that is an extraordinary number. Most good horses win around 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 races over a career. To win 2 in 5 at a specific track suggests something more than luck — it suggests the horse genuinely suits the place, whether that's the tight turning nature of the all-weather circuit or simply a familiarity that breeds confidence. Dundalk is an indoor all-weather venue in Ireland, and some horses simply click with it in a way that's hard to explain but impossible to ignore once you spot the pattern.

The recent form confirms the picture. Over the last six races, Stone Bear has won twice and placed once, with its most recent win coming at Dundalk on 1 April 2026 — just six weeks ago. The horse raced again only yesterday, which means it is fit, active, and clearly being trained with momentum in mind. That kind of busy schedule at a young age suggests the team around it believe there is more to come.

That team is trained by Ross O'Sullivan, based at Kilcullen in County Kildare. O'Sullivan's yard has sent out 35 winners already this season, which puts it firmly among the more productive operations in Irish racing right now. Getting 35 winners in a season is not a small achievement — it means horses are arriving fit, ready, and in form, and Stone Bear's recent activity fits that pattern perfectly.

Add in the fact that Stone Bear has recorded both its wins on normal ground — winning 2 of its 5 races in those conditions — and you have a horse with clear preferences and a trainer who knows exactly how to exploit them. At three years old, with a Dundalk affinity this obvious, it is very much a horse to follow next time it heads back to that track.