Lodge

That first win came at Ffos Las on 13 August 2025, a track on the south Wales coast that tends to attract smaller, friendlier fields — a sensible place to get off the mark. The horse excels over five to six-and-a-half furlongs, winning 1 from 4 at those distances (25%), suggesting a sharp, speed-based profile rather than a horse who wants to grind out a long race. Class 5 is the level Lodge has operated at most often, and the 25% win rate there — 1 from 4 — is actually a perfectly respectable return at that grade, where margins between horses are often slim.

The trainer is Brian Meehan, whose yard at Manton in Wiltshire has sent out 12 winners already this season, so this is clearly a yard in decent form. Lodge raced just one day ago, meaning the horse is fit and active, and Meehan will be looking to place this one carefully in the right spot to build on the Ffos Las breakthrough. The challenge now is to prove that win was a sign of things to come rather than a one-off.