Zanoosh

The recent form is the part that really catches the eye. Over the last six races, Zanoosh has finished 1-1-1-1-1-2 — five wins and a second. Five from six is the kind of sequence that turns heads in any yard, let alone one operating out of Wexford. Murphy's team have sent out nine winners this season, and Zanoosh is clearly doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The horse raced just one day ago and is bang in form right now.

If there is a spiritual home for Zanoosh, it is Fairyhouse. The course in County Meath is where the first career win came, back in April 2025, and Zanoosh has gone on to win twice there from four visits — a 50% win rate at a single track, which is genuinely rare. Most horses are lucky to find one course that suits them; Zanoosh has made Fairyhouse something close to a private hunting ground. The most recent win there came just four weeks ago on 5 April 2026, so this is not a fondness built on distant memories.

Much of that Fairyhouse success has come with Brian Hayes in the saddle. Together, Hayes and Zanoosh have an almost uncanny record — five wins from seven races, which works out at winning roughly 5 in every 7 times they team up. That is a partnership worth paying attention to. When a jockey and a horse click like that, it tends to mean the rider understands exactly how the horse wants to be ridden and when to ask the question. Whatever Hayes is doing, Zanoosh is clearly listening.