Gata Ban

Across a 19-race career, Gata Ban has won 4 times and finished in the places a further 10 times, meaning it has given its the yard a result — a win or a place — in 14 of 19 races. The win rate sits at 21%, which works out to roughly 1 in every 5 races, a perfectly solid return at this level. Most of its racing has come in Class 5 company, which is the bread-and-butter tier of British racing rather than the glamour end, and it has won 2 of 9 races at that level — about 1 in every 4 or 5 attempts, which tells you this is a horse that belongs there and competes genuinely rather than just making up numbers.

The most recent win came at Fontwell Park just days ago, and the first career win arrived at Taunton back in December 2022 — so this horse has been around long enough to have a proper story. Richie McLernon is the jockey most associated with Gata Ban, riding it in 7 of its 19 races and winning twice together, a win rate of 29% — better than 1 in 3 when they team up, which is notably higher than the horse's overall average and suggests the partnership works.

The trainer behind all of this is Neil Mulholland, whose yard in Limpley Stoke in Wiltshire has sent out 60 winners already this season — a seriously productive operation. When a busy, successful yard keeps running a nine-year-old regularly and in good form, it usually means the horse is healthy, happy, and earning its keep. Gata Ban is doing exactly that.