Donn McClean pays a visit to the yard of Paddy Twomey to get the lowdown on his squad for the summer ahead.
Paddy Twomey’s strike rate for an Irish racing season hasn’t dipped below 20% since 2018, the first year that he had more than 20 runners in Ireland. He had his first Group 1 winner in June 2022 when he sent out La Petit Coco to win the Pretty Polly Stakes at The Curragh, and he had his second two and a half months later when he won the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Irish Champions’ Weekend with Pearls Galore.
He has had 15 runners this year so far, and six of them have won. That’s a strike rate of 40%. Already this season, he has won the Listed Noblesse Stakes with new recruit Bubble Gum and he has won the Group 3 Park Express Stakes with One Look, and that all augurs well for the season ahead.
