He's Waliim

Those two wins tell an interesting story on their own. The first came at Beverley in August 2025, but the most recent arrived just this week at Sandown Park — a course that rewards horses with a real engine, given its uphill finish. Winning there is a decent marker of quality, and doing it so recently means He's Waliim arrives at any next engagement in form and confident. His overall recent sequence of 1-6-5-2-6-1 looks lumpy at first glance, but strip it back and what you have is a horse that has hit the frame four times from six races and finished the sequence with a win. The gaps in between are the horse learning his trade, not falling apart.

Where He's Waliim really comes alive is at distances between seven furlongs and a mile — he has won 2 of his 4 races at those trips, a 50% win rate that is simply outstanding. Half his races at the right distance end in victory. That is the kind of number that tells you the trainer has found the sweet spot, and it is the first thing any shrewd observer would look for when he lines up next.

That trainer is James Tate, based at Newmarket — one of British racing's great training centres. Tate's yard has sent out 51 winners already this season, which speaks to an operation firing on all cylinders. A horse trained there has the benefit of serious infrastructure, strong work companions, and a handler who clearly knows how to place a horse to win races. He's Waliim is in good hands, and the timing of this week's Sandown victory suggests Tate has him exactly where he wants him.