Alobayyah

The four-year-old has made a sharp impression in a short space of time. From just 5 races, Alobayyah has won 2 and finished in the top three on 3 other occasions — a record that works out at winning 2 in every 5 races, which is a genuinely excellent return at any level. Most horses in training win far less frequently than that. The recent run of form tells its own story: a win, then two mid-pack finishes, then back to winning again. That kind of bounce-back suggests a horse that does not stay down for long.

The career started at Great Yarmouth in October 2024, a flat, sharp track on the Norfolk coast that suits a certain type of quick, efficient horse. But it is the most recent win that really catches the eye. Alobayyah won at Ascot just this week — Royal Ascot is one of the most recognisable venues in world sport, and any horse that wins there, at any point in the season, has done something worth noting. Haggas has form for producing horses that rise to big occasions, and winning at Ascot having raced only five times in total is the kind of achievement that suggests there may be more to come.

With a race just yesterday and a win only days before that, Alobayyah is very much a horse in the middle of its story. Two wins and three places from five races, at a yard producing winners at an extraordinary rate — this is a horse to keep watching.