Dancingwithmyself

The story started at Chelmsford on 14 October 2023, and Chelmsford has remained something of a favourite haunt. Two wins from just 3 races at that track is an extraordinary ratio — most horses are lucky to win at a course once, let alone convert two-thirds of their visits into victories. It suggests the track suits something about how this horse moves or settles, and the team clearly knows it. Chelmsford's tight, artificial surface rewards a particular kind of smooth, consistent galloper, and Dancingwithmyself fits that bill.

The horse also has clear preferences beyond the venue. On normal ground and over distances between a mile and a mile and a quarter, it wins half its races — 2 from 4 in both cases. That is not a coincidence; it is a blueprint. When the conditions are right, this horse is genuinely difficult to beat. The most recent win came at Goodwood in September 2025, a track with a very different character to Chelmsford — open, undulating, and unforgiving — which suggests this is not a horse limited to one very specific set of circumstances.

Trained by Michael Bell out of Newmarket, Dancingwithmyself is in the care of one of the sport's experienced operators. Bell's yard has sent out 45 winners already this season, which means this is a busy, functioning operation — not a small outfit scraping by. Horses that come out of yards like that tend to be well-prepared and placed thoughtfully, and Dancingwithmyself's record reflects exactly that. It raced just one day ago, so it is very much a horse in the middle of a campaign rather than one being dusted off after a long break.

With recent form reading 3-4-2-3-1-4, it is not in the middle of a hot streak, but it has not fallen apart either. A horse that places this consistently, wins this regularly, and has a trainer placing it this carefully is one worth keeping an eye on.