Bowmore

His most recent victory came at Newbury in November 2025, and his last six runs read 3-12-21-3-1-2 — so while there have been a couple of disappointing efforts in the middle of that sequence, he has been back in the places at both ends of it. That finish-third-last-time-out suggests he's still knocking on the door. He tends to do his best work at Class 3 level, one step below the highest tier, where he has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, which is genuinely solid at that grade.

Rachael Blackmore, one of the most celebrated jump jockeys in the sport, has partnered him in 5 of his races and won once together — a win rate of around 1 in 5. That's a notable partnership to have, and the fact that she has come back to ride him more than once suggests the team sees something in him worth persisting with. Charlie Longsdon, who trains him from his yard in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, has had a productive season with 33 winners sent out — Bowmore is part of a genuinely active operation.

Longsdon has previously spoken about wanting to aim Bowmore at a good chase in spring and summer, and there were early comments from his previous trainer Henry de Bromhead noting how well he jumped fences — "he jumped brilliantly," de Bromhead said after one run, adding that a race at Galway felt like a natural next step at the time. The picture that emerges is of a horse who travels, has raced on both sides of the Irish Sea, and keeps turning up. With a race just yesterday, Bowmore is very much still in business.