Alazwar

Trained by Archie Watson at Upper Lambourn, Alazwar is in good hands. Watson's yard has sent out 62 winners already this season, which tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses ready to perform. The most frequent rider is Miss Brodie Hampson, who has partnered Alazwar in 27 of those 49 races — a real established partnership — though their combined win rate of 2 from 27 (about 7%) suggests this is a horse that tests even a rider who knows it well.

What the numbers do reveal is that Alazwar has some genuine preferences worth noting. On normal or dry ground, the record sharpens noticeably — 2 wins from 10 on normal ground (1 in every 5 races) and 2 wins from 9 on fast, dry ground (just over 1 in 4). That's a meaningful improvement on the overall average, and it tells you something important: when the ground is right, this horse competes. At distances of a mile and six furlongs up to two miles, the record is even more striking — 1 win from just 3 races, or 1 in 3, which is outstanding for a horse of this profile. Class 5 races, the bread-and-butter events of the racing calendar, have produced 4 of the 6 career wins at a rate of 1 in every 5 — a horse that knows its level and performs there.

The most recent win came at Newbury in June 2025, a year ago now, and the last six runs haven't produced a victory. That run of form — two seconds sandwiching a string of mid-pack finishes — hints at a horse that is still competitive enough to place but perhaps waiting for the right combination of distance, ground, and opportunity. Raced just yesterday, Alazwar is clearly still in regular work, and with fast ground, the right trip, and the right race, there's no obvious reason another win couldn't come.