Aworkinprogress

The Lingfield Park story is the headline. Four wins from five races at that track is the kind of record that makes punters sit up straight. That is not luck — that is a horse that suits the course, or a course that suits the horse. Either way, when Aworkinprogress turns up at Lingfield, it wins four times out of five. Its most recent victory came there in January 2026, so the love affair is still very much alive.

Add wet ground into the equation and the picture sharpens further. Three wins from four races on soft or muddy ground — 75%, winning three in every four — means that on a rainy day at Lingfield, you are looking at a horse with a remarkable combination of its two strongest suits. Conditions and track working together like that are rare.

Jockey James Davies has been central to this story. Together, he and Aworkinprogress have won 7 of their 12 races as a partnership — that is roughly 58%, or winning more than half the time they go out together. That kind of consistency between horse and rider builds into something, a trust that shows up in results. Davies clearly knows how to get the best out of this horse, and the horse seems to respond in kind.

Aworkinprogress, now seven years old, races mostly at Class 4 level — solid, competitive racing without quite reaching the top tier. But a horse that wins 47% of its races overall, 80% at its favourite track, and 75% on wet ground is one that its team clearly understand very well. It raced just 15 days ago and remains active, which suggests it is healthy and in a good rhythm. Whatever it was at the start, the name feels less apt with every win.