Keep Me Stable

The real story here is Keep Me Stable's partnership with jockey Tommie Jakes. When the pair team up — they have ridden together 19 times — Jakes gets a 21% win rate, considerably better than the horse's overall 14%. That is the kind of statistic that catches a trainer's eye and suggests something clicks between this rider and this horse. Linda Perratt's yard at East Kilbride, which has produced 19 winners already this season, clearly thinks highly enough of Keep Me Stable to keep running it, and that relationship with Jakes appears to be the foundation of whatever success the horse enjoys.

Newcastle is where Keep Me Stable has left its deepest mark, winning three of its 15 races there — a respectable win rate that makes it a genuine track specialist. That first breakthrough came at Newcastle on 14 November 2023, and the horse has added two more wins there since. The most recent victory was at Musselburgh on 22 July 2025, now 15 months ago, and a run of form showing places and unplaced efforts suggest the horse is grinding through its twilight years. Its last six races have brought a third place, then a long dry spell of mid-field finishes. For a horse that typically competes at Class 6 level — winning one of every five races in that company — this current form is unremarkable but not alarming. Keep Me Stable remains active and useful, a horse that will win again if ground and circumstances align.