Auld Toon Loon

The headline on the CV is a Class 2 win at Windsor in August 2025 — one of the top races in British racing at that level, and a genuinely significant moment for a horse that typically operates in the mid-tier Class 4 company. In those Class 4 races, Auld Toon Loon has actually been excellent: 3 wins from 9 races, meaning it wins 1 in every 3, which is a very healthy ratio. The Windsor win, though, showed it could step up when the occasion demanded. Tom Dascombe's yard at Upper Lambourn has had a productive season — 22 winners sent out — and Auld Toon Loon's big-day performance fits the picture of a stable in decent form.

What is particularly interesting about this horse is how well it handles the extremes of ground. On fast, dry ground it wins 2 from 7 races — roughly 1 in every 3.5 — which is well above its overall average of 15%, or about 1 in every 6 or 7. But flip to wet or muddy conditions and the numbers get even more striking: 2 wins from just 4 races, meaning it wins half the time in the mud. Most horses have a preference one way or the other. Auld Toon Loon seems happy whichever way the weather goes, which makes it a useful and unpredictable opponent.

The seven-year-old also knows its best trip. Over a mile and three or four furlongs — a strongly run middle distance — it has won 4 of 18 races, a 22% win rate, and all four of its career victories have come at that range. Jockey Pierre-Louis Jamin has partnered it in 8 of its races for 1 win together, so there is scope for that combination to click more often.

Recent form shows a win slotted in among some less impressive efforts, and Auld Toon Loon raced just yesterday, so this is very much an active story. At seven, with Windsor already on the record and a horse that handles any ground, there may still be another big day to come.