Catching The Moon

The highlight so far came at Ayr on 20 September 2025, where Catching The Moon won a Class 1 race — that is as big as it gets in British racing, the kind of occasion most horses never get near. To win one at three years old, with only a handful of races under the belt, marks this horse out as something worth watching. The first win had come just over a month earlier at Beverley in August, so the progression from that opening success to a top-level victory happened fast.

The recent form reads 12-1-1-2, which in plain terms means the horse ran twelfth last time out, then won, then won again before that, and was second in its earliest race. Strip away that most recent result and the picture is one of steady upward momentum. One off-day does not undo what came before it, and the trainer clearly has this horse in good shape — Catching The Moon raced just yesterday, meaning it is fit and active right now.

Behind the horse is Richard Fahey, one of the most productive trainers in the north of England. His yard at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire has sent out 81 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a small operation finding the occasional result — it is a machine that knows how to prepare horses for big days. When a yard like that points a 3-year-old at a Class 1 race and it wins, that is a considered decision that paid off.