DROMAHANE brought the curtain down on the 2025 calendar year of four-year-old races on December 30th, with the Mallow venue’s post-Christmas fixture once again providing the very last opportunity of the year to secure a last-gasp victory within this all-important age division.

The importance of results within this age category can prove to be particularly influential within the stallion ranks, where, rightly or wrongly, reputations can so easily be won and lost.