Jamaican Storm

That sole career victory came at Newcastle on 27 March 2026, and it was clearly no fluke. Look at the last six runs and you see a horse that has been finishing 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 4th, 9th, and 3rd — consistently in and around the frame, placing nine times across the full career. That is a horse who turns up and competes. Wins may be rare, but Jamaican Storm is not the sort that disappears to the back of the field and trots home unnoticed.

One of the more intriguing details is the class record. Jamaican Storm has raced eight times at Class 5 — the bread-and-butter level of everyday racing — without a single win. Yet step up in trip to a mile and one or a mile and two, and the picture changes: 1 win from 6 races at that distance, a 17% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 6 outings. That might not sound dramatic, but for a horse with just one career win to its name, finding a specific trip where it wins at that rate is genuinely significant. It suggests the longer distance suits — there is more horse to find when the race begins to stretch out.

Jockey Paul Mulrennan has the strongest relationship with Jamaican Storm, riding in 11 of the 20 races and picking up that one win together. Trainer Bryan Smart operates out of Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire and has sent out 19 winners already this season, so this is a yard in decent form and clearly capable of placing horses where they can win.

Jamaican Storm raced just one day ago, which makes this a horse right in the thick of an active campaign. The combination of strong recent form, a trip that brings out the best, and a trainer firing on all cylinders means this is exactly the kind of horse worth keeping an eye on — one that does not win often, but when conditions are right, it has already shown it can.