William Tell

The wins came at Cork in August 2025 and then at Thurles in November — two very different tracks, which suggests William Tell is not some one-trick specialist who only fires on a particular bend or surface. Getting the job done at two separate venues points to a horse with genuine, transferable ability. The Thurles win, now six months ago, is the most recent success, but with a race just yesterday the horse is clearly still in active campaigning mode and the team at Rathvin have not put him away.

That yard is worth paying attention to. David Harry Kelly's operation in Co Tipperary has sent out 13 winners already this season, which is a healthy tally and suggests a stable in decent form. Horses tend to run their best when the people around them are confident and organised, and 13 winners in a season signals exactly that kind of momentum. William Tell is not just a name on the board — he is part of a yard that clearly knows how to prepare a horse to win.

The recent form figures of 9-6-1-1-2 tell an interesting story. Read right to left, as you should — that is the journey from then to now — and you see a horse that was running second, then winning twice in a row, before fading to sixth and ninth in the two most recent outings. The back-to-back wins are the heartbeat of this profile; the two duller efforts since are worth monitoring, but they do not erase what came before. At seven years old, William Tell is in the prime of a racing career, experienced enough to know his job and still physically capable of doing it well.