Crepe Suzette

The one victory came at Wolverhampton on 28 April 2025, and the recent form reading of 3-2-2-2-1-2 paints a picture of a horse that is almost always competitive. A 14% win rate — roughly 1 win from every 7 races — might sound modest, but when you factor in the wall of place finishes around it, this is clearly not a horse that runs a few good ones and then disappears. It shows up. The frustrating flip side, of course, is that second place pays nothing, and Crepe Suzette has finished runner-up four times in its last six races. There is a horse here that knows how to race; it just needs everything to fall right on the day.

Now returning from a break of around six months — the longest gap of its young career — Crepe Suzette heads back to the track as something of an unknown quantity. The freshness could work in its favour, or it may need a run to sharpen up. That is the gamble with any horse returning from a lengthy absence.

The partnership with Robert Havlin is worth keeping an eye on. Together they have won 1 from 5 races, a 20% win rate — or roughly 1 in every 5 times they team up — which is a solid record. Havlin clearly knows this horse. Behind them both is the formidable operation of John and Thady Gosden at Newmarket, a yard that has sent out 136 winners already this season. When a stable of that calibre keeps running a horse, they believe in it. At a distance of around a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, Crepe Suzette wins 1 from every 3 races at that trip — the best numbers of its career. Get the right distance, the right conditions, and the right day, and there is every reason to think the winner's enclosure is not far away.