Electric Eddy

That single win came at Worcester in September 2024, and it remains the defining moment of his career so far. He has not won since — a gap of 21 months and counting — though his recent form suggests he is not exactly struggling. Reading his last six runs from most recent backwards: third, a blank, second, a blank, third, then that win. Placed efforts on either side of a couple of quiet runs tells the story of a horse that keeps showing up and competing, even if the winning moment has proven difficult to repeat.

He races almost exclusively at the lower end of the sport's class structure, competing most often at Class 5 level — the kind of races designed to give horses like Electric Eddy a realistic chance of winning. He has won 1 of his 9 races at that level, which works out at 11%, or just over 1 in every 9. Honest rather than electric, you might say.

Sam Twiston-Davies has been in the saddle for 6 of Electric Eddy's 14 races and is yet to ride him to a win, which is one of those statistics that sounds damning but may say more about the horse's level than the jockey's ability — Sam Twiston-Davies is one of the more respected jump jockeys in Britain. The horse is trained by Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies at their yard in Naunton, Gloucestershire — a family operation that has sent out 61 winners this season alone, so Electric Eddy is part of a genuinely productive stable even if he is not the headline act.

He raced just one day ago, which means he is very much in active training and being kept busy. Whether another win is around the corner is an open question, but at eight, with a yard in good form behind him and a recent run in the legs, there is no reason to write him off just yet.