Dissident

That winning moment came at Doncaster in December 2025, and it came over a long trip of two miles or more. That detail matters. Over those extended distances, Dissident has actually won 1 from 4 races — 25%, or one in every four — which is a genuinely solid return. It suggests a horse that needs time and space to warm into a race, the kind that finds its rhythm when others are starting to tire. The problem is that most of its career has been spent in shorter races where that strength simply can't express itself.

The yard behind the horse is Gary and Josh Moore, based in Lower Beeding in West Sussex. With 99 winners on the board this season, this is a team that clearly knows how to place a horse correctly. A yard firing at that level doesn't often let a pattern like Dissident's long-distance record go unnoticed for long.

The recent form — finishing sixth, seventh, and tenth in its last few outings — looks discouraging at face value, and six races without a win since December is a quiet spell. But Dissident raced just yesterday, which means the team is keeping it busy and clearly still believes there's more to come. At Class 4, the level where it has done most of its racing, the horse has won 1 from 6 — roughly 1 in every 6 at that tier, which is about right for a consistent, mid-level competitor.

The honest read on Dissident is this: it is not a star, but it is a horse with a very specific strength that hasn't always been used to its advantage. When the trip is long enough and the race is the right level, it has shown it can win. The question is whether the team can put all those pieces together again.