That one win came at Ffos Las in Wales on 22 June 2025, and it is worth appreciating how long in the making it was. Ffos Las is a relatively relaxed, undulating track in Carmarthenshire, and it clearly suits this horse — all of its best performances over distances of around a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs have come at venues like this rather than on the big stages. At that trip, it has won 1 from 17 attempts, a 6% win rate, which sounds modest but is actually where it does its best work. Class 6 is the lowest tier of British racing, and that is where Change Of Fortune competes, going 1 from 20 at that level. These are fields full of horses with similar profiles — tough to win, but still turning up.
Trained by Bernard Llewellyn out of a small yard in Fochriw in Mid Glamorgan, the horse is part of an operation that has sent out 12 winners this season, so it is not as though the yard is struggling — it knows how to get a horse home. The most regular jockey, Jordan Williams, has ridden Change Of Fortune nine times without a win between them, though that solitary June victory proves the partnership can work in the right conditions.
What makes this horse genuinely interesting is the sheer accumulation of effort. Forty races is a long career for a horse still racing at seven, and Change Of Fortune has been competitive enough to place nearly a third of the time without ever threatening to become a serial winner. It raced just yesterday, so the story is still being written. Whether there is another Ffos Las moment somewhere ahead remains to be seen — but this is a horse that clearly has no intention of stopping.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las Galloping |
11 | 1 win, 1 second, 5 thirds, 4 other | 4 Jun | 9.1% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
6 | 1 second, 5 other | 23 Feb | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
4 | 1 second, 3 other | 23 Oct | 0% |
| Bath Undulating |
4 | 4 other | 21 Oct | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 31 Jul | 0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 22 Sep | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 13 Jun | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 8 Mar | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 31 Mar | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 18 Apr | 0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 18 Jul | 0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 29 Aug | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 25 Mar | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |