King's Code

Over his 65-race career, King's Code has been a consistent earner, racking up 15 wins and 26 places — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 races. At six years old, he is still performing and was out just a day ago, which suggests David Evans's yard in Monmouths sees plenty of racing left in the tank. Recent form has been mixed — he finished seventh and eighth in his last two outings before that — but he bounced back with a win at Newcastle in a Class 2 race in January and has shown his class at the top level with victories at Kempton and Pontefract in Class 2 company as well.

Where King's Code truly shines is on slow or muddy ground. On such conditions, he wins roughly 2 in every 5 races (3 wins from 7), a notably strong win rate that suggests he handles wet surfaces better than most of his rivals. He also has a sweet spot over distances between 7 furlongs and a mile, winning half his races (2 from 4) at that range. Jordan Williams has partnered him twice with a 29% return — winning at better than a 1 in 3 rate — so the pair clearly strike it off. For a horse competing at the higher Class 2 level, 15 wins is a tidy haul that reflects honest, genuine ability rather than star quality, but his course form and ground preferences make him a horse worth watching when conditions and venue align.