Aces Wild

Trained by Adrian Wintle out of Westbury-On-Severn in Gloucestershire, Aces Wild is part of a yard that has hit some real form this season — 28 winners and counting, which is a serious output for a stable of this kind. The horse most often teams up with jockey Finley Marsh, and that partnership has produced 2 wins from 9 races together — winning roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 times they line up, which is a noticeably better return than Aces Wild manages overall. That suggests Marsh brings something out of this horse, or at least that Wintle sends them out together when the conditions suit.

Most of Aces Wild's career has been spent in Class 5 races — the workmanlike, bread-and-butter end of the sport, where fields are competitive and winning is never easy. Two wins from 18 races at that level, roughly 1 in 9, tells you this isn't a horse that simply bullies its rivals. Those wins have to be earned. The career started with a first win at Dundalk back in January 2023, and the most recent came at Chester in July 2025 — a track with one of the most distinctive layouts in Britain, tight and turning, where horses that know their way around it carry a real edge.

What makes Aces Wild worth watching right now is the recent form. Reading the last six races from most recent backwards — 3rd, 7th, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 4th — you can see a horse that was running consistently well before that win at Chester and has continued to knock on the door since. The 7th is the one blip, but the rest of that sequence is the form of a horse that is fit, engaged, and competitive. With a race just yesterday, Aces Wild is bang in the middle of a campaign, and for anyone following Adrian Wintle's yard this season, this is one to keep an eye on.