Lights Are Green

The relationship between Lights Are Green and jockey Jonathon Bewley has proved consistently fruitful. Bewley rides for the horse's trainer, George Bewley, and has steered Lights Are Green to all 3 of its career wins—a 14 per cent win rate together across 21 races, which is noticeably higher than the horse's overall win rate. This partnership is the kind of detail that matters in racing: a jockey who understands a horse's quirks and capabilities can unlock performance that the raw statistics might not immediately suggest. Bewley appears to have that edge with this one.

Lights Are Green is most at home in lower-tier Class 5 races, where it has won 2 of 14 attempts—a 14 per cent win rate at that level. The horse's recent form shows a stretch without a victory, placing in 2 of its last 6 races but failing to break through in any of them. That said, consistency—three places in the last six outings—indicates a horse still capable of competing at the level it knows. At nine, Lights Are Green has earned the chance to keep racing, and at Cartmel especially, it remains a name worth watching.