Eldeyaar

His first win came at Wolverhampton in August 2022, and since then he has built a modest but meaningful record, picking up 6 wins and placing in 16 more across his 62 outings. Most of his racing has come at Class 6 level — the bread and butter of British racing, where horses like Eldeyaar are the backbone of a busy card. At that level, he has won 6 from 50 races, or roughly 1 in every 8, which is exactly the kind of reliable performer a yard relies on to keep the scoreboard ticking.

The most interesting thread in his career is what he does on wet ground. In soft or muddy conditions, he has won 2 from 6 races — that's a 33% win rate, meaning he wins 1 in every 3 times the ground turns in his favour. That is a dramatically different horse from the one who plods through dry summer meetings, and it is the kind of stat that should make his trainer, Antony Brittain, very attentive to the weather forecast. Brittain, based in Warthill in North Yorkshire, has been in fine form this season with 22 winners from the yard.

Ripon is where Eldeyaar has looked most at home — 2 wins from 6 races there, which is a 33% win rate at a single track. For context, most horses drift in and out of course form without ever really mastering a venue. Eldeyaar clearly has something for that particular circuit. His most recent win came there in September 2024, now 18 months ago, and his last 6 runs have produced nothing better than a fourth place.

Regular jockey Cam Hardie has ridden him 35 times for 2 wins together — roughly 1 in every 17 rides, which is a modest return, but the partnership has endured. Watch for Eldeyaar when the clouds gather over Ripon and the ground softens up. That is when this horse becomes a different proposition entirely.