Financer

The headline moment came at Ayr on 19 September 2024, when Financer stepped up to a Class 2 — one of the better races in Britain — and delivered. That is not something most horses at this level ever manage. His first win had arrived three months earlier at Redcar in June 2024, and the Ayr success confirmed he was capable of mixing it with genuinely decent company. His record at a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs tells the same story: 3 wins from 16 races at those distances, winning roughly 1 in every 5 times he lines up there. That is a meaningful number, and it suggests the trip genuinely suits him.

On normal ground, he is even more reliable — 2 wins from 10 races, again around that 1-in-5 mark. Easterby himself flagged early on that Financer looked built for middle distances, and the horse has proven him right. His overall win rate sits at 11%, which is roughly 1 win in every 9 races across his career, but those wins have come at the right moments and at the right level.

The honest caveat is that he has not won in his last six races, with his most recent victory now 22 months ago. His recent form reads 2-5-5-4-10-4, which means plenty of nearness without the breakthrough. David Allan, his most regular partner with 11 rides together, has one win to show from that partnership — a rate of roughly 1 in 11 — so the combination is still searching for its second moment together. Financer raced just yesterday, meaning he is right in the thick of his season. Whether he can find that winning feeling again is the open question — but a horse that has already won a Class 2 race has answered bigger ones before.