Double Parked

Redcar is Double Parked's spiritual home. The horse has won three of its eight races there, a win rate of 37.5 percent that stands well above its career average. The first of those wins came on 1 May 2025, the horse's breakthrough moment, and Redcar has remained the place where Double Parked runs its best race. York, too, knows this horse well — it won there as recently as 27 June 2026, just over four months ago, suggesting the horse remains competitive at the business end of the season. That victory came in a Class 4 race, the sort of mid-level contest where Double Parked thrives. When stepping up to Class 4, the horse has won two of five races, a 40 percent success rate that shows it belongs at that level.

The one variable that seems to matter most is the ground. Double Parked wins twice as often on fast, dry ground as it does overall, claiming two victories from six races when conditions are firm — a 33 percent win rate that is almost double the career figure. Wet or muddy going appears to blunt its effectiveness. David Allan, its most frequent jockey, has ridden Double Parked in seven races but managed only a single win together, suggesting the partnership lacks the polish of some of its rivals, though recent form tells a different story. In its last six races, Double Parked has returned from a rest to finish fifth most recently, then twelfth, sixth, thirteenth, fifth again, and a win before that — a pattern of inconsistency mixed with enough promise to suggest there is a race in this horse yet.