Faded Fantasy

That most recent win came at Newton Abbot in August 2025, and the horse has since had a break of 74 days. Whether that freshens things up or blunts the momentum is one of the questions around any returning horse, but at seven years old, Faded Fantasy knows its job well enough.

The most interesting number in the profile is the Southwell record: 2 wins from 6 races there, which means this horse has won 1 in every 3 times it has turned up at that particular track. Compare that to the overall career rate of 1 in 10, and the difference is stark. Southwell clearly suits — and the first career win came there on 12 June 2023, so there is history between horse and track. Normal ground conditions matter too: all 4 career wins have come on a standard surface, and on those 19 attempts the win rate rises to 21%, or roughly 1 in 5. When the ground goes soft or firm, this horse simply does not perform the same way.

The partnership with jockey Nick Scholfield is a long one — 20 races together — but it has produced only 1 win between them, a 5% win rate that is well below the horse's overall average. That is an odd statistic, and it is worth noting without reading too much into it. Christian Williams trains out of Ogmore-By-Sea on the South Wales coast, and his yard has sent out 24 winners this season — a busy, productive operation. Most of Faded Fantasy's races have come at Class 4 level, the bread and butter of jump racing, where it has won just 1 from 20 — but the recent form at least suggests the horse is not done making its case.