King of Answers

The yard of Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, based in Milnathort, has built something formidable this season with 49 winners to their name, and they have engineered King of Answers into a genuine course specialist at Kelso. The horse has won 2 of just 3 races run there — a remarkable 67% win rate at that track. Most telling is that its most recent victory came at Kelso on 13 February 2026, a Class 2 race that sits at the top tier of British racing. It was exactly a year after the horse's first career win at Newcastle, also on 13 February, which makes for an intriguing symmetry.

Derek Fox, the jockey who has partnered King of Answers most often, has done well from their eight races together: 2 wins, a 25% rate. The horse has raced regularly and only 1 day ago was still active, with recent form showing two placed efforts in its last six outings. At Class 3 level — where most of its racing happens — the horse has won 1 of 5 races, which suggests it may find its best performances in slightly easier company or in those specific conditions it loves. King of Answers is a horse that punches hardest when wet ground is on the card and Kelso looms on the card.