Fern Hill

Across 30 races, Fern Hill has won 3 times and placed in 13 others, meaning it has come home in the top three almost half the time. That is not a horse that wins every week, but it is absolutely a horse that competes — the kind that rarely embarrasses itself and makes races interesting deep into the straight. The win rate of roughly 1 in every 10 races might sound modest, but 16 finishes either on the podium or close to it tells a more nuanced story about consistency.

The partnership with jockey Jack Quinlan is worth noting. In 20 races together, they have won 3 times — that is 15%, or 3 in every 20 rides — which is meaningfully better than Fern Hill's overall average and suggests something genuinely clicks when those two are paired up. The first win of their story together came at Uttoxeter in November 2022, a track where Fern Hill has since built a real record: 2 wins from 6 races there. Winning a third of your races at a specific course is not luck, it is a horse that genuinely suits the place.

Conditions matter too. On normal ground Fern Hill has won 2 of 6 races — again, a third of the time — which is a sharp uptick from its overall numbers and worth watching when the forecast is kind.

The most recent win came at Huntingdon in November 2025, around five months ago, so there is a small drought to end. Recent form reads 3-2-4-5-2-5, which shows the places are still coming but the victories have dried up. At eleven, Fern Hill is not going to reinvent itself — but it is clearly still fit, still active, and still finding its way into the frame. In a sport that moves fast and forgets horses quickly, that counts for quite a lot.