King Of Answers

The Kelso figures tell a similar story. Two wins from just three visits to that Scottish track make it about as close to a course specialist as you can get at this level. The most recent of those wins came on 13 February 2026 in one of the top races in Britain — a Class 2 — which is a genuine step up in class for a horse that typically competes one rung below that. Winning at that level, on a track it clearly loves, in conditions it was built for, is the kind of performance that makes people take notice.

At seven years old, King Of Answers is in its prime racing years, and the recent form suggests it is in the form of its life. Its last six races read 2-2-1-4-–-1, which means two wins and two runner-up finishes in its last five completed runs. That is a horse in outstanding nick, not one that is coasting. It raced just 19 days ago and is still very much active this season.

Derek Fox is almost always the one in the saddle, and the two of them have a productive partnership — 2 wins from 7 races together, or roughly 1 in every 3.5 rides, which is well above average for a jump jockey. The yard behind the horse is the operation run by Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, based up in Milnathort in Perth and Kinross — a training centre that has sent out 47 winners already this season, which tells you this is no small outfit. They know what they are doing, and with King Of Answers they seem to know exactly what they have: a horse that is good enough to win at a high level, as long as the rain comes down and the road to Kelso is on the itinerary.