Famous Clermont

The career highlights are genuinely impressive. Famous Clermont got off the mark at Exeter in March 2022, and just over a year later was winning one of the top races in Britain — a Class 2 at Aintree in April 2023. Aintree is one of the most famous racecourses in the world, home to the Grand National, so winning there at that level is not something any ordinary horse manages. Its most recent win came at Stratford-on-Avon in May 2025, meaning it has bookended its career with wins at two very different venues and kept producing at the top level throughout.

The partnership with jockey Mr William Biddick is worth noting. In six races together, they have won four — that's a 67% win rate, or roughly 2 wins from every 3 races as a pair. That is an extraordinary figure and suggests a real understanding between horse and rider. When these two line up together, the outcome has more often than not been a winner's enclosure visit.

What makes the current situation intriguing is the absence. Famous Clermont has not raced for 303 days — roughly ten months — and returns from a significant break. Horses coming back from long layoffs are always a slight unknown; they can come back as good as ever or need a run to find their rhythm. With a record like this one's, the temptation is to trust it. Trainer C R Barber's yard has sent out just one winner this season, so it would be fair to say the team is not in red-hot form heading into this return. But Famous Clermont has a habit of overriding those kinds of concerns. A horse that wins 6 from 10 and has already won at the highest level tends to speak for itself.