Eagle Day

The most striking thing about Eagle Day is his relationship with Wolverhampton. That's where he landed his first career win back in November 2023, and it's where he won most recently, in March 2026. Some horses find a track that suits them and keep going back to the well — Eagle Day appears to be exactly that kind of horse.

His record on normal ground tells a similar story. In 27 races on standard conditions, he's won 6 of them — that's roughly 1 in every 4 to 5 races, which is noticeably better than his overall rate of about 1 win in every 7. On soft or muddy ground the numbers drop away sharply, so the conditions matter enormously with this one. When the ground is right, he's a different animal.

His partnership with jockey Rossa Ryan is one of the more eye-catching statistics in the whole profile. In just 6 races together, Ryan has ridden him to 4 wins — that's winning 4 times from 6, which is an extraordinary hit rate at any level. That kind of chemistry between a jockey and a horse is rare, and it tells you something about how well Ryan understands what Eagle Day needs to produce his best.

Behind the horse is trainer David Evans, based at Pandy in Monmouthshire, and his yard is in serious form right now — 37 winners already this season, which is a real sign of a stable operating at full throttle. Eagle Day raced just yesterday, so he's bang in the middle of an active campaign. His recent form reads 9-4-10-8-1-9, with that 1 — a win — sitting in the middle of some ordinary efforts either side of it, which is fairly typical for a horse operating at Class 4 level: plenty of near-misses, the occasional big day. Whether he can string more wins together with Ryan in the saddle on a decent surface is the obvious question worth following.