Evenwood Sonofagun

The 8-year-old is trained by Lizzie Quinlan at Bolton Mill in Cumbria, and it's worth noting that Cartmel is practically on the doorstep. The yard has sent out 4 winners this season, and Evenwood Sonofagun is very much part of that story. Most often in the saddle is Sean Quinlan, who has ridden the horse in 13 of its races and won on 2 of them — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 6 rides together, which is meaningfully above the horse's overall average. When the right jockey meets the right track, this horse delivers.

Form-wise, recent runs have shown an encouraging upward curve. After a string of mid-field finishes, Evenwood Sonofagun has now posted back-to-back top-two finishes — a second place followed by a win just this week at Cartmel on 25 May 2026. The horse raced again only yesterday, so it is clearly in a busy, active spell. Its first career win only came as recently as February 2025 at Musselburgh, meaning this is a horse that has found its feet relatively late — and perhaps found its place, too, because it keeps coming back to Cartmel and keeps winning.

The ground matters as well. On slightly soft underfoot conditions, Evenwood Sonofagun wins 2 from 9 races — roughly 1 in every 4 — which is a noticeably better return than its overall record suggests. Cartmel can be testing ground, and that may be part of why the combination works so well. This is not a horse that has lit up the biggest stages — it competes mainly in Class 5 company, the grassroots level of the sport — but within its world, at its favourite track, on the right ground, it is as consistent and competitive as they come.