In This World

That kind of setback would define a lot of careers. For In This World, now eight years old, it has shaped his. He has managed 2 wins from 18 races — roughly 1 in every 9 — and has not won for 23 months, since a summer victory at Worcester back in June 2024. His recent form reads 5-5-5-4-7, suggesting a horse who is showing up and competing without quite getting back to the winner's enclosure. He raced just yesterday, so he is clearly still very much part of his yard's plans.

The Worcester win felt like a moment of renewal. Dan Skelton, who trained him at the time, described it as proof that the worst was behind him — a horse who had suffered a major injury, come back, and started winning races again. The hope then was that he would keep building through the summer. In the time since, that momentum has stalled.

Where he does show up best is on normal ground, which suits his style: 2 wins from 10 races on those conditions, a 20% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 5. His partnership with jockey Harry Skelton has also been his most productive, with 2 wins from 7 races together — winning around 1 in every 3½ races they have shared, which is a genuinely strong return. The puzzle is that most of his racing comes at Class 3 level, and at that grade he has never won in 7 attempts. That gap between his best form and his current level is the central tension in his story.

Rob Summers now trains him, a yard that has sent out just 2 winners this season. In This World is a horse carrying a lot of history — a glimpse of something special, a serious setback, a comeback, and now a quiet search for that next win.