Tiberius Thunder

That one win came at Dundalk on 14 February 2025, which now sits fifteen months in the past. Dundalk is Ireland's all-weather track, and winning there on Valentine's Day sounds romantic enough, but the real story since then is a sequence of six races without a victory — finishing fourth, fifth, fourth, then three more efforts that include a seventh and a blank. That recent form line of 4-7-–-4-5-4 is the picture of a horse hovering just outside the places, competitive enough to keep turning up but not quite finding that extra gear when it matters.

Robson De Aguiar's operation in Mullingar has sent out 11 winners this season, which suggests the yard knows how to get a horse ready to win. Tiberius Thunder raced just yesterday, so it is clearly in full work and being campaigned actively. The question for anyone watching is whether De Aguiar can find the right opportunity to unlock a second win — because the pieces are there, the horse just needs things to fall right.