High Point

What makes High Point interesting is how much he improves on the right ground and distance. Give him a longer race on wet or muddy ground, and his win rate climbs dramatically. Over distances between 1 mile 3 furlongs and 1 mile 4 furlongs in those conditions, he has won 2 from just 5 races — a 40 percent win rate in that sweet spot. When trainer Iain Jardine's yard at Carrutherstown finds those exact conditions and sends him over the right trip, High Point has genuinely good chances. His last win came at Great Yarmouth on 11 June 2026, just four months back, so he remains a runner with winning form fresh in the system.

Recent form has been patchy — his last six races show a win, then three 10th-place finishes, a 6th and an 8th — but jockey George Downing has struck up a particularly successful partnership, winning 3 of 7 races together, a 43 percent rate that is sharply better than High Point's overall figures. That suggests there is a rider who knows how to get the best from him. Most of High Point's racing has come at Class 4 level, where he has won 2 from 9 races, a respectable tally at that grade. He was capable of better once, winning a Class 2 race at Newmarket in October 2023, but these days he is a horse who finds his races and wins when the variables line up just right.