Al Muqdad

The most striking number in Al Muqdad's record is at Ayr, where the horse has won 2 races from just 4 visits. Winning half your races at a particular track is the kind of thing that makes trainers keep coming back, and it suggests something genuinely clicks there — whether it is the shape of the track, the way it rides, or simple familiarity. On normal ground conditions, the record is similarly encouraging: 2 wins from 9 races, a 22% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 4 and a half races. That is noticeably better than the career average, and it is the sort of detail worth knowing.

Al Muqdad's most regular partner in the saddle is David Nolan, who has ridden the horse 14 times and won twice together — also that same 1-in-7 ratio, so the combination runs true to form. The horse tends to compete at Class 5 level, which sits at the lower end of the professional game, and has won 5 of 18 races there — just over 1 in every 4, the best conversion rate in any slice of the record. That is where Al Muqdad belongs, and to its credit, it performs accordingly.

The last win came at Wolverhampton in November 2025, now five months ago, and the recent run of six races without a victory — with a best finish of third — suggests the horse is working hard without quite finding the right moment. That said, Al Muqdad raced just one day ago, so the team are clearly keeping the horse active and looking for opportunities. With Ayr on the horizon and normal ground in prospect, there will be a day when the conditions line up again. For a horse with this record, patience usually pays.