Home And Dry

That sole career win came at Chelmsford on 23 October 2025, and it is worth noting where it came from. Over long distances — two miles or more — Home And Dry has won 1 from 6 races, a win rate of roughly 1 in 6, which is meaningfully better than its record at shorter trips. Stamina appears to be the engine here: ask this horse to grind out a long race and it becomes a different proposition. The Chelmsford win was exactly that kind of test, and it is the clearest pointer to where future chances lie.

Trainer Thomas Faulkner operates out of Devauden in Monmouthshire, and with 17 winners on the board this season, the yard is in solid form. That matters when a horse returns from a break — and Home And Dry has not raced for around five months, so Faulkner's record suggests the team knows how to have a horse ready when it returns to the track. A well-prepared horse coming back from a rest is always more interesting than the bare stats suggest.

The one note of caution is the level at which Home And Dry has been competing. The majority of races have come at Class 5, the lower end of the ladder, and the record there reads 0 wins from 5 races. The Chelmsford victory actually came at a higher grade, which is a curious and genuinely interesting detail — this horse has, so far, done better stepping up in class than it has at the level it most often runs at. Whether that pattern holds is one of the more intriguing questions surrounding the next run. Coming back fresh, over a long trip, at the right track, Home And Dry is the sort of horse that rewards keeping an eye on.