Cloudy Wednesday

The overall career picture — 5 wins and 19 places from 38 races — tells an interesting story in itself. That's a horse that finishes in the first three almost exactly half the time (24 out of 38), which means even when Cloudy Wednesday isn't winning, the yard is rarely going home empty-handed. The partnership with jockey Lewis Stones has been the constant thread running through it all: together they've won 5 of their 26 races, a win rate of 19%, or roughly 1 in every 5 — meaningfully better than the horse's overall average, which suggests Stones knows this horse well and gets the best out of them.

The most recent win came at Market Rasen in June 2025, and the first came at Fakenham back in February 2023 — both tracks with a character of their own, and both a long way from the glamour end of the sport. That's not a criticism; it's the reality of a horse like this. Cloudy Wednesday's career is built on turning up, being competitive, and occasionally winning somewhere that matters to the people who care about it. Caroline Fryer's small yard in Wymondham, Norfolk, has sent out just 2 winners this season, so every success carries genuine weight.

The last 6 runs — two seconds, two third-place finishes, and two no-shows — suggest a horse that is running with purpose even if the wins have dried up over the past twelve months. Raced just yesterday, Cloudy Wednesday is clearly still being kept busy and competitive. At ten, with a career full of placed efforts and the occasional win to celebrate, this is exactly the kind of honest, durable racehorse that keeps small yards ticking and local racing worth watching.