Charlie My Boy

Charlie My Boy tends to run in Class 5 company — the bread-and-butter end of the racing ladder, where horses compete week in, week out at tracks across the country. It is a competitive world, and he has won 2 of his 12 races at that level, a win rate of 17%, or roughly 1 in every 6. His first career win came at Newton Abbot in May 2023, and his most recent came at Huntingdon in May 2025 — a 13-month gap that shows just how hard it can be to get a win on the board, even for a horse who clearly knows how to find the line.

His regular partner in the saddle is Robert Dunne, who has ridden him in 6 races and partnered him to 1 win — a 17% win rate, or 1 in every 6 rides together. That is actually slightly above Charlie My Boy's overall average, which suggests the partnership suits him. He is trained by J R Jenkins, based at Royston in Hertfordshire — a yard that has sent out 6 winners this season, so there is clearly life in the operation.

His recent form reads 6-2-5-–-4-1, most recent first. That win at the end of the sequence is encouraging, and the second place just after it shows he was in decent form around that time. He raced just yesterday, which means he is being kept busy — something trainers often do when they feel a horse is in good shape and the opportunities are there to be taken. Whether he can add to his tally of 3 wins remains to be seen, but at nine years old and still racing, Charlie My Boy is clearly holding his own.