Kingofthegame

The broader career picture is more modest. Across 13 races, Kingofthegame has won twice and finished in the places five more times — a win rate of around 1 in every 6 or 7 races, which is perfectly respectable without being spectacular. The career only really clicked into gear at Cartmel in late May 2026, when it recorded its first win. Within a month it had gone back and done it again. That kind of rapid doubling-up at the same venue is not a coincidence — it suggests the tight, undulating track at Cartmel suits how this horse moves and races.

On normal ground conditions, Kingofthegame has won 2 of its 8 races, which works out at 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4 — a genuinely strong return. That figure matters because Cartmel's summer ground is typically just that: normal, neither waterlogged nor baked hard. The conditions and the course have come together at exactly the right time for this eight-year-old.

One slight puzzle in the record is the partnership with regular jockey Callum Bewley, who has ridden the horse in 5 races without getting a win. Both victories have come with a different rider in the saddle. That is not necessarily a criticism of Bewley, but it is a pattern worth noting. Trainer Martin Todhunter, based just up the road in Orton, Cumbria, has had nine winners from his yard this season — a solid campaign — and clearly knows what he is doing with this horse on its home patch.

At Class 5, the level where Kingofthegame races most often, the win record actually reads zero from five. Both wins have come elsewhere in the race calendar. It is a small quirk that suggests this horse performs best when the specific variables line up just right — Cartmel, normal ground, the right race. When they do, it is very hard to beat.