Lynwood Lad

He got off the mark on 1 November 2023 at Kempton Park, and his most recent win came at Brighton on 2 June 2025 — a gap of around 19 months between his first and most recent victories, which gives you a sense of how hard-fought each win is for this horse. Brighton is a famously quirky track with a sharp, undulating course that suits certain horses down to the ground, and the fact that Lynwood Lad found the winner's enclosure there suggests the track may suit his style.

His recent form reads 11-5-7-4-–-8, meaning he has not won in his last 6 races and has generally been finishing mid-pack or worse. That gap in the sequence — the dash — represents a race where he did not complete or was not given a finishing position, which is worth noting. He raced just one day ago, so he is a horse very much in active work, being kept busy by his handlers.

Lynwood Lad is trained at Lower Beeding in West Sussex by the father-and-son partnership of Gary and Josh Moore, a yard that has sent out 99 winners already this season — a significant total that speaks to a busy, well-organised operation with horses at all levels. His most regular partner in the saddle is Tom Queally, who has ridden him in 10 of his races and won once together, a 10% win rate that mirrors the horse's overall career average almost exactly.

Lynwood Lad is not a horse who is going to trouble the top races in Britain, but he has found his level and competes gamely within it. The next win might be just around the corner, or it might take another dozen attempts. That, in a nutshell, is what makes following a horse like this oddly compelling.