Harswell Ruby

The first win came at Doncaster on 25 April 2025, and the second—and more recent—at Thirsk on 10 April 2026. That six-month gap between victories tells you something important. Harswell Ruby is not a horse in a slump; it simply races at a level where wins are hard-won and come irregularly. Recent form bears this out: in its last six races, the horse has finished second once, fourth twice, and further back twice more. These are the results of a horse that tries but lacks the consistent class to win regularly.

The distance that suits it best is the stretch from just over a mile to a mile and a quarter. At those lengths, it has won 1 of 8 races (a 12% win rate)—double its career average. That narrow range suggests the horse knows its own capabilities and that Roger Fell's yard, based at Nawton in North Yorkshire, has worked out where to run it for the best chance. Fell's operation has been productive this season with 25 winners to its name, so the trainer is clearly running a competitive yard, even if Harswell Ruby itself is a modest player within it.

With regular jockey Rowan Scott, however, the partnership has not clicked: zero wins from six races together. That suggests either a mismatch or simply that the horse has not performed well in those particular outings—a common feature in racing at this level, where every run is a fresh challenge. Harswell Ruby raced just a day ago, so it remains active and still looking for its next opportunity to break through.