Circle Of Trust

That sole win came just this week at Ayr on 20 June 2026, and the recent form tells an encouraging tale once you read it in the right direction. Going back through the last six races — 1, 2, 9, 10, 2, 5 — the two worst performances (ninth and tenth) now look like a rough patch that has been shaken off. Either side of that dip, Circle Of Trust has been placed twice and then won, which suggests a horse that is finding its stride at exactly the right moment.

The sweet spot in terms of trip appears to be seven furlongs to a mile, where the horse has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, or one in every four, which is a much sharper picture than the overall career numbers suggest. For context, that distance range seems to suit the horse's natural rhythm in a way that shorter or longer trips simply haven't. If the team at Kevin Ryan's yard in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, keeps pitching Circle Of Trust at those distances, there is reason to think more wins could follow.

Ryan's yard is having a productive season — 45 winners already — so this is not a stable short on confidence or talent. A trainer operating at that level tends to know when a horse is ready, and sending Circle Of Trust to Ayr this week clearly paid off. The horse has spent most of its career competing at Class 5, which is towards the lower end of the racing ladder, and has yet to win at that level across three attempts. The Ayr win came in a different context, which hints that the yard may have found the right conditions to unlock what this horse can do. Still only three years old, there is plenty of time for Circle Of Trust to build on this.