Jet Plane

The partnership with jockey Harry Skelton is one of the more striking threads running through this horse's career. In 16 races together, Skelton has ridden Jet Plane to 5 wins — a 31% win rate, or almost 1 in every 3 outings. That is well above Jet Plane's overall average, which suggests the two have developed a genuine understanding. Harry Skelton rides for his brother Dan's yard in Alcester, Warwickshire, and that operation is currently one of the most productive in the country — 186 winners this season alone. Jet Plane is one piece of a very large and successful puzzle.

Class 3 races sit in the upper-middle tier of the sport, competitive enough to test a good horse without being the very top level. Jet Plane has won 4 of its 16 races at that level — 25%, or 1 in every 4 — which marks it out as a genuinely capable performer, not one simply making up the numbers. Its most recent win came at Leicester in December 2025, a result that confirmed it can still compete and win at ten years old, an age when many horses have already been retired.

There is also a geographical loyalty worth noting. Jet Plane's very first win came at Ludlow in January 2022, and the horse has gone back to win there again since — 2 wins from just 5 races at that track. Winning 2 out of 5 anywhere is a strong record, but doing it at the track where you first tasted success adds a small story to what might otherwise look like a line of numbers. Ludlow clearly suits this horse, and the yard will no doubt have it in mind when planning future entries.

With strong recent form — two seconds and a win among its last five completed runs — Jet Plane arrives at this point in its career in genuinely good shape. A decade in, still winning, still placing: that is not a horse in decline. That is a horse that knows its job.