Sunchart

Trained by Andrew Slattery out of Thurles in County Tipperary — a yard that has been in fine fettle this season, sending out 60 winners — Sunchart has built a career record of 4 wins and 14 places from 32 races, a win rate of around 1 in every 8 outings (12%). That might not sound electrifying, but those 14 placed finishes tell their own story: this is a horse that keeps showing up, running honestly, and getting into the money far more often than it falls apart. Slattery also takes the reins himself on Sunchart, winning 2 of their 18 races together, which speaks to a trainer-jockey relationship built on genuine familiarity with how the horse ticks.

Where Sunchart really comes alive is at a distance of a mile and three or four furlongs — the slightly longer end of middle distances, where stamina starts to matter. Over that range, the record reads 2 wins from 9 races, a win rate of roughly 1 in 4 (22%). That's nearly double the overall career average, and it's the kind of stat that tells you the horse isn't just competent at that trip — it's measurably better suited there than anywhere else.

The recent form dips slightly, with no win in the last six races and a few modest finishes mixed in, though there have been two third-place efforts suggesting the horse hasn't gone flat. The last win came at Wexford in May 2025 — roughly eleven months ago now — which will have the yard watching the entries closely for another chance to send Sunchart back to its happy hunting ground. At nine years old and still racing actively, Sunchart isn't a horse chasing a big payday. This is a horse that simply loves to race, and occasionally finds a place — Wexford especially — where it does so rather brilliantly.