Flying Ace

That sequence — fourth, fourth, then first, first, first — is the kind of form that turns heads. It suggests a horse that needed time to find its feet before something clicked, and once it did, it clicked hard. Winning 3 of its last 5 races, and winning all 3 of its most recent outings, puts Flying Ace on a trajectory that any trainer would be excited about. The first of those wins came at Cartmel in late May 2026, and the horse hasn't looked back since.

Behind Flying Ace is Gordon Elliott, one of the most prolific yards in the sport. Operating out of Longwood in County Meath, Elliott's team has sent out 210 winners already this season — a number that tells you everything about the scale and quality of the operation. When a horse from this yard is in form, it tends to be properly in form, because it has the training, the programme, and the infrastructure around it to keep winning. Elliott doesn't run horses just to fill a field.

At 60% — winning 3 races from every 5 it enters — Flying Ace is performing at a level most horses never reach. To put that in perspective, a horse winning 1 in every 5 races is considered a decent performer. Flying Ace is winning 3 in every 5, and is currently on a streak. The only real question now is where the team aim it next, and whether it can make it four in a row.