At The Oche

The first win came at Doncaster in March 2025, and the second followed at Ffos Las in October 2025 — a Welsh track tucked away on the Carmarthenshire coast that does not always attract the biggest names, but a winner is a winner. That Ffos Las success was five months ago now, and the horse has been knocking on the door ever since, running up a string of second-place finishes that will be mildly frustrating to watch if you are following this one closely. The good news is that At The Oche raced just six days ago, so this is a horse in the thick of its season, fit and competitive.

The yard behind it is Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies, based in Naunton in Gloucestershire. This is a proper, well-established racing operation — father and son combining to send out 57 winners already this season, which is a serious number. When a stable is firing on that many cylinders, the horses it puts into training are being well looked after. At the level At The Oche typically competes at — Class 4, one step below the top tier — the record reads 1 win from 5 races. That is not spectacular, but with five places already banked and that run of recent seconds, it is a horse that clearly belongs at this level and is not far off winning again. The question is simply whether the next race will be the one where a second finally turns into a first.