The most striking thing about Go Rimbaud right now is the timing. A win at Wolverhampton just this week, combined with a record of 2 wins from 6 races overall, suggests a horse that is hitting form at exactly the right moment. That recent sequence — a win, then fifth, then a win, then two seconds, then fourth — tells the story of a horse that rarely finishes out of the picture. Even the off days have been competitive.
Where Go Rimbaud really clicks into gear is over a mile and a bit — specifically between a mile and one furlong and a mile and two furlongs. At those distances, the record reads 2 wins from 4 races, a 50% win rate. That is an extraordinary figure. Winning half your races at any distance is rare; doing it at a specific trip suggests the horse genuinely thrives when the conditions suit, rather than just getting lucky once.
Behind all of this is the yard of John and Thady Gosden, one of the most respected training operations in British racing, based out of Newmarket in Suffolk. With 140 winners already on the board this season alone, this is a stable that knows how to place a horse and bring it to peak condition. When a Gosden-trained horse is winning races and placed in the others, you pay attention — these are not people who waste time on horses going nowhere.
Go Rimbaud raced just yesterday and is clearly fit and firing. At three, with a career still very much in its early chapters and a trainer with the skill to keep improving horses, there is every reason to think the best is still to come.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 | 1 win, 2 seconds | 8 Apr | 33.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 17 Jul | 100% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 22 Sep | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Apr | 0% |