Ey Up He's A Star

The first came at Newcastle in September 2025, and the second landed just this week at Ayr — so this is a horse that is very much in the middle of things, not winding down. Back-to-back placed finishes in its last two runs (a win followed by a third) suggest something has clicked into place recently after a spell of disappointing results in the middle of that sequence. From six runs, the form reads 1-3-9-8-3-7 — messy in the middle, but bookended by better efforts, which is exactly the kind of shape that suggests a horse finding its feet rather than fading away.

Most of those runs have come with David Nolan in the saddle — 12 races together, one win between them, a win rate of around 1 in every 12. That is a modest return, but the relationship has been consistent, and it was Nolan on board for the Ayr win this week. At Class 6 — the entry-level tier of British racing — the horse has actually won 1 from 5, which works out at 20%, or roughly 1 in every 5. That is a perfectly respectable record at that level and suggests the horse performs best when the competition is appropriately matched.

Behind the scenes, the training operation of Tony Coyle and Kaine Wood, based in Norton in North Yorkshire, has sent out 12 winners already this season. That is a yard in decent form, and a winning horse fresh off a result at Ayr is exactly the kind of ammunition a small yard builds momentum with. Keep an eye on where this one turns up next — a horse winning at this point in the season, with form improving and a yard firing, is worth following.