Callin Baton Rouge

The headline number is 4 wins from 33 races, which works out to winning roughly 1 in every 8 outings. That's not a dazzling record, but 11 places alongside those wins tells a different story: this is a horse that competes, stays honest, and earns its keep. The yard it runs from — Charles & Adam Pogson, based in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire — has sent out 12 winners already this season, so Callin Baton Rouge is part of a set-up that clearly knows what it's doing.

The most interesting thread in this horse's story is its relationship with Uttoxeter. Of its 4 career wins, 2 have come at that track from just 6 visits — a win rate of 1 in 3, which is genuinely impressive when you compare it to the overall record. Courses suit horses for all kinds of reasons: the shape of the track, the camber of the bends, the drainage. Whatever it is about Uttoxeter, Callin Baton Rouge clearly thrives there, and its most recent win came there on 29 June 2025 — just under a year ago. On normal ground, it's a different animal too, winning 4 of 22 races, or roughly 1 in 5, compared to a much patchier record elsewhere.

The partnership with jockey James Bowen is worth noting. Together they've won 3 of their 12 races — 1 in every 4 — which is well above the horse's overall average. That kind of chemistry matters, and when Bowen is in the saddle at a track like Uttoxeter, you're looking at a combination that has a real history of delivering.

The recent form reads 10-4-3-4-5-2 from the last six runs, meaning no wins but a couple of places — the horse has been competitive without quite getting its head in front. It raced just yesterday, so it's clearly an active and fit horse. The wait for a fifth win goes on, but if it turns up at Uttoxeter on decent ground with Bowen aboard, history says don't write it off.