Clipsham Noble

The most telling detail about Clipsham Noble is what happens when the ground dries out. On fast, dry ground, the record improves sharply to 2 wins from 10 races — a 20% win rate, meaning wins 1 in every 5 times conditions suit. That is a completely different horse from the one who plods around on soft, wet ground. If you ever back Clipsham Noble, check the forecast first.

Clipsham Noble typically competes at Class 6, which is the entry level of British racing — the bread and butter events where horses are generally modest but competitive. Winning just 1 in every 20 races at that level suggests this is not a horse who dominates, but the two career wins have both arrived in 2025 and 2026, with the most recent coming at Leicester on 25 May 2026, just six weeks ago. That is encouraging form by any measure, and with a race as recently as yesterday, this is clearly an active and busy horse right now.

The partnership with jockey Christian Howarth is worth noting. The two have raced together eight times, producing one win — a 12% win rate, or 1 in every 8 — which is actually better than Clipsham Noble's overall average. Howarth seems to understand the horse, and the connection with Charlie Clover's Newmarket yard adds further confidence. Clover has sent out 24 winners already this season, suggesting a yard in decent form and capable of placing its horses in races they can win.

The recent run of form — finishing sixth, fifth, fourth, first, fourth, sixth across the last six races — shows a horse who hit a purple patch with that Leicester win and is working hard to find another. For a casual racing fan, Clipsham Noble is the kind of horse that rewards patience and a bit of local knowledge: watch for dry ground, a trip between seven furlongs and a mile, and a yard that clearly believes there is another win somewhere in this horse.