Inferno Sacree

Nigel Hawke trains the horse from his yard in Stoodleigh, Devon — a quiet corner of the country that has quietly sent out 9 winners already this season. Hawke clearly knows what he has on his hands, because Inferno Sacree keeps returning to Plumpton and keeps delivering. The most recent win came there just five weeks ago, on 9 March 2026, and the horse raced again only yesterday, suggesting it is bang in form and being kept busy while the conditions suit.

Those conditions matter. On wet or muddy ground, Inferno Sacree is a different animal entirely — 4 wins from just 9 races on that kind of surface, meaning it wins nearly 1 in every 2 times the ground rides soft. Compare that to its record at Class 4 level, the bread-and-butter tier of jump racing, where it has won just 2 from 21 races, roughly 1 in every 10, and you start to understand the picture. This is a horse with a very specific sweet spot: Plumpton, soft ground, conditions it knows and loves.

Jockey Tom Buckley has clearly figured that out too. Of his 14 races alongside Inferno Sacree, 4 have ended in victory — a win rate of around 29%, or roughly 1 in every 3½ rides together. That is well above the horse's overall average and points to a genuine partnership built on familiarity. Recent form backs all of this up: in the last six races, Inferno Sacree has won 2 and placed in three others, finishing out of the top two just once. For a horse that started its winning career at Plumpton back in January 2023, it seems entirely at home there still — and the yard will know exactly where to point it next.