The overall numbers are solid across 35 races: 9 wins and 20 further placed efforts, giving a win rate of 26% — that is roughly 1 in every 4 races. In the last six runs the form reads 6-2-2-1-3-1, which means two wins, two seconds, a third, and a sixth. For a horse running at this level, that is a consistently busy and productive record. It is the kind of horse that rarely has a completely wasted day.
The partnership with jockey Jason Hart is worth noting. Together they have won 4 of their 9 races — that is nearly 1 in every 2 times they have teamed up, a remarkable hit rate that suggests a real understanding between horse and rider. Trainer Michael Herrington, based at Willoughton in Lincolnshire, has already sent out 33 winners this season from his yard, and in 2022 he noted that the horse had arrived with back-to-back wins at Southwell and looked like there was more to come. That prediction has held up.
Where Down To The Kid really catches the eye is at distances between seven furlongs and a mile, winning 3 of just 6 races at those trips — exactly 50%. Half. At its best distance, on its best track, ridden by its preferred jockey, this horse is as reliable as anything running at this level. It may be operating mostly in Class 5 company — the everyday bread-and-butter races rather than the big occasions — but within that world it has built a record that any owner would be proud of. Having raced just one day ago, it is very much in the thick of things.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
26 | 9 wins, 7 seconds, 2 thirds, 8 other | 25 Apr | 34.6% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 15 May | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 6 Mar | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 22 May | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 29 Apr | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 5 Oct | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Nov | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 7 May | 0% |