Dancingwithmyself

The overall picture is solid without being flashy. Across 21 races, this five-year-old has won 5 and placed a further 10 times — meaning it has finished in the first three in roughly 71% of its races, or about 15 from 21. That is a horse that competes hard and rarely runs a bad race. The 24% win rate, roughly 1 in every 4 races, is a genuinely good return at this level, where most horses are doing well to win 1 in 6 or 7.

The conditions and distance preferences tell a clear story too. On normal ground, over a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, Dancingwithmyself wins 2 from 4 — exactly 50%. That is not a coincidence; it is a horse that has found its comfort zone and delivers when the conditions are right. Most of its wins have come in Class 5 races, which is the bread-and-butter level of British racing, and it has won 3 of its 6 races at that grade — again, 50%. That kind of consistency at the right level is exactly what a trainer targets when placing a horse.

Michael Bell, based in Newmarket, has had 44 winners this season from his yard — a busy, productive operation that knows how to place its horses well. The most recent win came at Goodwood on 24 September 2025, and with a race just yesterday, Dancingwithmyself is clearly in active work. Recent form reads 12-3-4-2-3-1 — a win, a second, a third, then a couple of slightly disappointing runs, then back to winning. That dip and bounce pattern is worth noting: this horse seems to need things to fall right, but when they do, it delivers. A horse that wins 1 in 4 races, loves Chelmsford, and is still racing regularly at five years old is doing exactly what it should be doing.