Finn Ironside

The overall record reads three wins and nine places from 27 races, a win rate of around 11%, or roughly one win in every nine outings. That is not flashy, but it is honest. What sharpens the picture is looking at where those wins have come from. At distances between seven furlongs and a mile, Finn Ironside has won 3 of 16 races — that is 19%, or almost one win in every five attempts at those trips. That is a meaningful difference, and it tells you something about what kind of race suits this horse.

The wins themselves have a bit of geography to them. The first career victory came at York in July 2024 — a track with a strong reputation where it is genuinely hard to win. The most recent win followed just days later at Newcastle in August 2025. Both are respectable venues, and landing winners at either of them is nothing to be embarrassed about. The curious thing, then, is the class level. Despite those wins, Finn Ironside has been tried in Class 5 races — the lower end of the competitive scale — on 11 occasions without winning once. That is a striking blank, and it suggests this horse may actually perform better when there is a bit more quality in the race to sharpen things up.

Jockey Elle-May Croot brings out something good in this horse. In seven races together, she has ridden two winners — a win rate of 29%, or nearly one win in every three rides. That is a noticeably better return than the overall career average and is the kind of partnership worth watching. Recent form has gone a bit flat — a run just yesterday, with no win in the last six races and the best result in that run a third-place finish — but Finn Ironside is still active, still competitive, and in the right race at the right trip with Croot aboard, there is clearly something there.