Damysus

The horse got its career off the ground at Southwell in December 2024, then stepped up dramatically to win a Class 1 race — one of the very top races in Britain — at Newmarket in October 2025. That leap in class is significant. Plenty of horses can win at a lower level but fold when the competition sharpens. Damysus did the opposite, turning up at one of racing's most prestigious venues against the best company and coming out on top. And this week, the horse did it again, winning at Newmarket on 15 April 2026 — racing just one day ago, suggesting the yard are keeping this horse very busy with good reason.

Look at the recent form figures — 1-1-18-2-3-1 — and one number sticks out like a sore thumb: that 18th place finish. It sits there sandwiched between wins and placed efforts, suggesting a day when things simply didn't click. What matters is the response: Damysus bounced back immediately and has been threatening the top of the results ever since.

The whole operation runs out of the Newmarket yard of John and Thady Gosden, one of the most respected training partnerships in British racing. They have sent out 135 winners this season alone, which is a staggering output — roughly one winner every two and a half days. A horse earns its place in a yard like that by performing, and Damysus is clearly earning it. Competing almost exclusively at Class 1 level, the horse has won 1 from 4 at that grade — 25%, or 1 in every 4 races at the very top of the sport. That is a genuinely impressive record in the company this horse keeps, and at just four years old, there may well be more to come.