Elan d'Or

The overall career record reads two wins and five places from 11 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 5 or 6 outings, with place money in nearly two thirds of all races run. The first win came at Chelmsford in late November 2025, followed quickly by another at Kempton Park on 3 December. Back-to-back wins at two different venues in the space of a week is the kind of form that gets people paying attention. Kempton, in particular, is a track where horses either take to the tight, all-weather circuit or they don't — and Elan d'Or clearly did.

The preferred trip is a mile and one or two furlongs, where the record reads one win from three races, a 33% win rate — meaning it wins roughly 1 in every 3 races at that distance. That is a noticeably stronger return than its overall average, and it points clearly to where the horse is most comfortable. Stuart Williams, who trains out of Newmarket, has had a productive season — 67 winners sent out, which is the kind of volume that tells you a yard is running well and placing its horses smartly. Regular jockey Marco Ghiani has ridden Elan d'Or five times together, winning once, though that single win from five is a fair reflection of how competitive the class of racing tends to be.

Most of Elan d'Or's races have come at Class 4 level, one step below the upper tier of day-to-day racing, and the horse has won 1 of those 4 races — 25%, or roughly 1 in 4. That is a solid return at a competitive level for a three-year-old still maturing. With a race just yesterday, this is a horse very much in the middle of its season — and given the recent form, worth watching closely to see whether those back-to-back wins in winter were a sign of what is still to come.