Jupiter Des Mottes

The overall numbers are genuinely impressive for a horse with limited experience. Three wins and four placed finishes from just seven races means Jupiter Des Mottes has finished in the top two or three almost every time it has set foot on a racecourse — winning 3 of those 7, which works out at nearly 1 in every 2 races. That kind of consistency is hard to manufacture. It suggests a horse that turns up ready to compete, not one that needs everything to fall perfectly into place.

The career arc is worth noting too. That first win came at Wetherby in March 2024, and the horse has clearly built on it. The most recent win arrived at Carlisle just this week — April 4th, 2026 — giving Jupiter Des Mottes two wins from its last six races. The sequence reads 1, a pulled-up run, 9, 6, 2, 1 going back from most recent, which tells its own story: a patchy middle patch, then a sharpening of focus and a return to winning ways.

Behind the horse stands Nicky Richards, one of the most respected training operations in the north of England. Richards is based at Greystoke in Cumbria — about as far from the glitzy southern racing centres as you can get — and his yard has sent out 33 winners already this season alone. That is a serious number, and it reflects a stable that knows how to have horses ready. Jupiter Des Mottes is one of the sharper tools in that box right now, having raced as recently as yesterday and clearly in the form of its life.