Giovanni Change

What makes the recent form genuinely eye-catching is the upturn in results. Of the last 6 races, Giovanni Change has won 2, which is well above its lifetime average. The sequence reads win, fifth, third, third, win, and then a blank — the kind of form that suggests a horse in good nick rather than one winding down. At 11, some horses are already retired to a paddock somewhere. This one is still winning races.

There is also something to enjoy in the Market Rasen connection. That is where the career began, with a first win on 13 August 2022, and that is where the most recent win landed — on 18 July 2026, just this week. Bookending a career chapter at the same track, four years apart, has a satisfying symmetry to it.

The horse typically competes at Class 4, which sits in the middle of the racing ladder — competitive enough to mean something, accessible enough for a horse of this profile to make its mark. Giovanni Change has won 2 of 15 races at that level, around 1 in every 7 or 8, which is solid rather than spectacular. The yard behind it is Mark Walford, based in Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire, and they are having a productive season with 35 winners already sent out — a strong, busy operation that clearly knows how to keep a horse ticking over.

Regular jockey Jamie Hamilton has only converted 1 win from 13 rides together, roughly 1 in 13, which is below the horse's overall average. That gap between the horse's ability and the partnership's win record is the kind of detail worth keeping an eye on, because something slightly better from the saddle might unlock a little more.