Almeraq

The career arc is a satisfying one. Almeraq broke its duck at Great Yarmouth back in October 2024, and since then it has simply kept winning. Three victories from its last six races tell their own story, but the sequence makes it even more striking — first, second, first, first, then a ninth, and most recently another win at Ascot just three weeks ago. That Ascot success matters. It is one of the most famous racecourses in the world, the venue for Royal Ascot each summer, and winning there is a genuine marker of quality. This is not a horse picking up easy wins on quiet afternoons at small tracks.

What gives Almeraq's record extra weight is who is doing the training. William Haggas is based at Newmarket in Suffolk, the historic home of British flat racing, and his yard has sent out 170 winners already this season. That is an extraordinary number — it marks Haggas as one of the most consistently successful trainers in the country, someone who tends to know exactly where and when to run a horse for maximum effect. When a yard operating at that level keeps running a horse, it is because they believe in it.

Almeraq raced just one day ago, which means this profile is being written about a horse in the middle of an active campaign. The team clearly has more plans for it, and on this evidence, there is every reason to think the wins will keep coming.