Bami

The record speaks for itself: 2 wins and 3 places from just 5 races, a win rate of 40%, or roughly 2 in every 5 outings. For a horse still learning its trade, that is a seriously tidy return. Most young horses at this stage are still working out what racing is about. Bami appears to have figured it out quickly.

The first win came at Lingfield Park back in November 2025, but the more significant one arrived just this week — a victory at Newbury on 23 June 2026. Newbury is a proper, old-fashioned test of a racehorse: a long, galloping track that tends to find out horses that are all show and no substance. Winning there means something. The recent form reads 1-4-1-3-4, which at first glance looks a little mixed, but strip it back and what you actually see is a horse that goes close almost every time, with two wins sandwiching a couple of mid-pack efforts — the kind of pattern that suggests a horse performing consistently at a decent level rather than one that flukes the odd result.

Where Bami is most dangerous is over seven furlongs to a mile. At that trip, the record is 2 wins from 3 races — a two-in-three success rate that is genuinely striking. Some horses need a specific set of conditions to bring out their best; Bami's sweet spot appears to be that middle-distance range where stamina and speed meet. Dascombe will know that, and you would expect to see this horse kept firmly in that zone going forward.

Still only three, still active — racing just yesterday — Bami is at the start of what could be a very interesting career. The foundation is already better than most horses at this level ever manage.