Jel Pepper

The overall record reads two wins and three placed efforts from nine races, which works out at winning roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 races (22%). For a horse who is still only three, that is a perfectly solid foundation, and crucially, both wins have come at famous tracks in competitive company. This is not a horse who has been finding easy pickings — the prize money and the venues suggest Jel Pepper has been running where it matters.

Jockey Hector Crouch has been the regular partner, riding in 5 of the 9 races. Together they have won once from those five, which is a 20% win rate — modest on paper, but that one win was the Newmarket success, which counts for rather a lot. Trainer Oliver Cole operates out of Whatcombe in Oxfordshire, a yard that has sent out 8 winners already this season, suggesting things are ticking along nicely behind the scenes.

The distance range of seven furlongs to a mile appears to suit best — one win from three races at those trips, a 33% win rate — and recent form shows a fourth and a couple of sixths since the Newmarket win, so there is clearly still work to do to recapture that peak. The horse raced just one day ago, meaning the team are keeping Jel Pepper busy and clearly believe there is more to come from a young horse still learning the ropes. The Newmarket win will not be forgotten quickly, and at three, the story is far from finished.