Jagwar

That Class 1 win at Cheltenham — one of the top races in Britain — came just seven weeks after another success at the same track in January 2025. Back-to-back wins at Cheltenham, in top-level company, is the kind of form that makes people sit up. Overall, Jagwar wins roughly 1 in every 3 races it enters (36%, or 5 from 14), which is a genuinely impressive ratio at this level. Most horses are considered good if they win 1 in 5. To win 1 in 3 across a career suggests a horse that is placed in races it can actually win, and one that delivers when it matters.

The partnership with jockey Jonjo O'Neill Jr is worth noting too. In 11 races together, they have won 5 — that is nearly 1 in every 2 rides ending in victory, a remarkable connection between horse and rider. When these two line up together, the expectation of a win is entirely reasonable rather than merely hopeful.

Behind the scenes, Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero run the Oldcastle yard in Cheshire, and this has been a productive season for them — 43 winners sent out, which speaks to a team that knows how to get horses ready to race. Jagwar's recent form of two wins followed by three consecutive second or third places suggests a horse that is running consistently well and competing at a high level, even when not crossing the line first. Last seen racing 19 days ago, Jagwar is active and in form. The Cheltenham win back in March 2025 remains the career highlight, but given how this horse travels through its races and how well it goes around that track, there is every reason to think the best chapters of this story are still being written.