Bayraat

The pattern becomes clearer when you look at where those two wins came from. Both arrived on fast, dry ground — a surface Bayraat plainly prefers. On firm conditions, the horse has won 2 of 13 races (a 15% rate), a figure that stands out sharply against its overall record. Move to softer or muddier going and Bayraat's form flattens almost entirely. It is a horse that needs the ground firm underfoot to show what it can do.

Bayraat last won two months ago at Wetherby on 15 June 2026, following an earlier victory at Nottingham in June 2023 — a gap of exactly three years. Since that Wetherby success, form has been patchy: a ninth place, a twelfth, then a couple of near misses with second-place finishes. Trainer Tom Tate's yard at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire has sent out just four winners this season, and Bayraat remains mostly in the hands of jockey Billy Garritty, though their partnership has yielded only 1 win from 11 rides together. The horse was last raced just a day ago and remains actively campaigned, suggesting there is still faith in finding another day when the ground suits and circumstances align.