Almeraq

The career began at Great Yarmouth in October 2024, and since then the record reads 1-2-1-2-1, which tells its own story. This is a horse that rarely runs a bad race. Even on the occasions it has not won, it has placed, meaning it has never really gone to the track and come away with nothing. That consistency is rarer than it sounds.

The most recent chapter is the most eye-catching. Almeraq won at Salisbury just this week — as recently as 23 May 2026 — and raced again only yesterday. The horse is in the form of its life and clearly thriving on racing. A horse running this freely and winning this often is one that trainers and owners dream about at the start of a season.

Behind all of this is William Haggas, one of the most respected trainers in British racing. Based at Newmarket in Suffolk, the Haggas yard has sent out 170 winners already this season alone. That is a staggering number — it means his horses are winning somewhere in the country almost every single day. When a trainer of that calibre keeps running a horse and keeps placing it in races it can win, it tells you they believe in what they have. Almeraq looks very much like a horse the team rates highly, and the results so far have done nothing to contradict that view.