Jubilant

The track to watch him at is Plumpton, where Jubilant has won 2 of his 3 races. That is not a coincidence. Some horses simply suit a particular track's layout, its turns, its terrain, and Plumpton appears to bring out the best in him. He underlined that again just this week, winning there on 26 May 2026 — his most recent run, just one day ago. His first career win came at Huntingdon in April 2024, and after that race Owen noted the team had been deliberately waiting to run him over the right distance, even pulling him out of races twice when the ground came up too wet and muddy. That kind of patient, selective management says something about how Owen views him.

Owen's yard is having a serious season — 204 winners sent out and counting, which means this is a training operation at the top of its game. Jubilant fits the profile of what a well-run yard does with a horse like this: place him carefully, protect him from the wrong conditions, and let his natural ability do the work. His recent six-race sequence tells its own story — two wins bookending a spell where the results dipped, suggesting he can go cold but always finds his way back to winning form.

At 25% across 12 races at his typical level — winning 3 of those 12 — Jubilant is not a horse who surprises anyone in the know. He is reliable, durable, and right now in form. With Owen's yard firing on all cylinders and a horse who clearly loves Plumpton, the smart money is simply on watching what happens next time he turns up there.