Baynoona

That long-awaited first win finally came at Bath on 13 September 2025, and it clearly meant something to the team at Sue Gardner's yard in Longdown, Devon. Gardner has sent out eight winners this season, which is a solid return for a smaller training operation, and Baynoona's victory was part of that tally. The horse races most often with Millie Wonnacott in the saddle — they've partnered five times together, winning once, which works out at roughly 1 in every 5 races. For a horse that had previously won 0 from its first 16 outings, that partnership looks like an important piece of the puzzle.

Baynoona does its best work over a mile and one furlong to a mile and two furlongs — the kind of middle-distance trip that suits a horse that stays well and grinds out a result rather than sprinting clear. Over those trips, it has won 1 from 10 races, a 10% record that is modest on paper but represents the range where it is clearly most at home. It competes at Class 6, which is the entry level of British racing, and has won 1 from 8 races at that level — roughly 1 in every 8, or 12%. That breakthrough win at Bath sits right in that sweet spot: the right distance, the right level, the right jockey.

The most recent form figures — 8-2-5-5-3-1, reading from most recent backwards — show a horse that has been gradually finding its feet, finishing second just two races ago. Baynoona raced as recently as yesterday, so it is firmly in the middle of its season. Whether it can build on September's breakthrough or whether Bath turns out to be a one-off highlight remains to be seen, but for a yard operating out of Devon with modest resources, a horse that competes consistently and finally got its day in the sun is worth following.