BillyB

Southwell is clearly BillyB's happy hunting ground. He has won twice there from five races, a win rate of 40 percent, which is the kind of figure that keeps a horse in training. His first career victory came at Haydock Park in May 2022, but it is Southwell's all-weather surface where he has truly made his mark. He typically races in Class 4 company, where he has won four of seventeen races—a respectable 24 percent return at that level. On normal ground conditions, his win rate jumps to 25 percent (two wins from eight races), suggesting he prefers standard, dry going to testing surfaces.

Craig Lidster's Norton yard trains BillyB and is having a solid season with 20 winners to date. Shane Gray is his most frequent jockey, though their partnership has yielded just one win from eleven races together—a rate well below the horse's overall form, suggesting either bad luck or that BillyB runs better for other riders. For a horse pushing towards the veteran bracket, BillyB remains serviceable: not a star, but the kind of honest performer who can reward a patient trainer willing to keep him at the right track and the right grade.