Egyptian Pharaoh

That win came just this week, at Ffos Las on 30 June 2026, and it was the first of Egyptian Pharaoh's career. What makes it more than a footnote is the form surrounding it: before the victory, this horse had finished fourth, second, third, and third in its previous four races. That is a horse that kept knocking on the door — and then finally kicked it open. A win rate of 20%, or 1 in every 5 races, looks perfectly respectable on paper, but the placing record makes the picture even better. Egyptian Pharaoh has been out of the frame just once in five attempts.

Trained by Oli Rix out of Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing — the horse is part of a yard that has sent out three winners so far this season. Rix is building steadily, and a horse with Egyptian Pharaoh's level of consistency is exactly the kind of string member that keeps a yard ticking over. With the win coming so recently, the yard will be watching closely to see whether this three-year-old can back it up and turn a promising start into a proper sequence.