Another Mystery

Both wins came in a tight window back in the summer of 2023 — first at Market Rasen in May, then at Fontwell Park the following month. That second victory, in June 2023, remains the most recent time Another Mystery has seen a winner's enclosure, which is now 34 months ago. Since then it has run six times without winning, and its most recent form figures — 2, 6, 7, 3, 2, 10 — paint a picture of a horse capable of filling a place but struggling to get to the front when it matters.

The horse is now returning from a break of around ten months, which is a significant layoff. Whether that time away represents a planned freshening-up or something more complicated, the question on everyone's mind will be whether Another Mystery comes back sharper or rustier. Ten months is a long time to ask a racing audience to be patient.

Jockey Bryony Frost has ridden Another Mystery seven times, producing that one win together — a rate of roughly 1 in 7, which is slightly better than the horse's overall record suggests it should be. Frost is a well-known and well-liked figure in jump racing, so her presence in the saddle will be familiar to many followers. The horse is trained by Sarah Humphrey, based in West Wratting in Cambridgeshire, a yard that has sent out seven winners this season — a solid return that shows the operation knows how to get a horse ready to perform. Another Mystery has typically raced at Class 5 level, the lower end of the scale, winning just 1 from 14 races at that grade — 7%, or roughly 1 in every 14. Even at this level, winning has not come easily.