Kicksaftersix

What makes the profile even more interesting right now is the current form. Kicksaftersix has won 3 of its last 6 races, a sequence that reads 1-1-1-4-6-6 going back from the most recent. That middle stretch of three wins in a row is the kind of purple patch that suggests a horse in the best form of its life — and at ten years old, that is no small thing. Most horses at that age are winding down. This one is competing and winning.

The partnership with jockey Sean Quinlan is worth noting. They have raced together 15 times and won 3 of them — a win rate of 1 in 5, which is meaningfully better than the horse's overall career average. That kind of consistent record between a jockey and a horse usually means something: they understand each other, and Quinlan clearly knows how to get the best out of this one.

Martin Todhunter trains out of Orton in Cumbria, a small northern yard that has sent out 9 winners this season. That is a solid return for an operation of its size, and Kicksaftersix is clearly part of the engine driving those numbers. The horse does its best work on normal ground — 3 wins from 12 races in those conditions, or 1 in every 4 — and races mostly at Class 5 level, the bread-and-butter tier of the sport, where it has won 4 of 19 races. That is a 21% win rate at that level, which over nearly 20 races tells you this is genuinely a competitive horse at its grade. Raced just yesterday and still active, there is clearly more to come.