Blind Beggar

Jessica Macey trains him out of her Doncaster yard, which has sent out 13 winners this season and clearly knows how to place a horse. She bought Blind Beggar from Ger Lyons' yard with one win already on his record, and wasted little time getting him running — he won twice at Southwell and Chelmsford early in his time with her before she deliberately put him away for a turf campaign. That kind of patient, deliberate planning is a good sign for a horse, and it paid off. The highlight came on 7 April 2024, when Blind Beggar won a Class 2 race at Bath — one of the better races in Britain — which puts him firmly in the upper tier of what most horses at his level ever achieve.

His most recent win came at Sandown Park in July 2025, and jockey Luke Morris was fulsome about how it happened. He talked about getting a clean trip, building momentum gradually, and knowing Blind Beggar would keep galloping through the line — the hallmark of a tough, genuine horse who doesn't stop trying. Before that, Chelmsford had been particularly kind to him: 2 wins from just 5 races there, which is an impressive 40% and suggests the track suits something about how he travels or how he handles the surface.

One thing worth watching is the ground. On wet or muddy conditions, Blind Beggar has won 2 from 7 races — nearly 1 in 3, comfortably above his overall average. Most of his wins have come at Class 4 level, where he has won 5 from 21 races (24%, or close to 1 in 4), and that appears to be his sweet spot. His regular partner Alistair Rawlinson has ridden him 20 times for 3 wins together. He raced just yesterday and his last six runs have been modest, but a horse who won a top-level race at Bath and toughed it out at Sandown as recently as last summer is not one to write off lightly.