Sam England trains out of Guiseley in West Yorkshire, and his yard has been in fine form this season with 49 winners sent out. Made All is one of the yard's working-class heroes — not a headline act, but a horse that earns his keep. The key to unlocking him, England has explained, came from two discoveries: fitting a tongue-strap, and learning to ride him cold. When jockeys tried to keep him handy near the front of the field, he would simply stop producing at the business end of the race. Drop him out, let him travel on his own terms, and he finishes. That's a horse who needs to race on his own schedule, not anyone else's.
Oisin Orr has figured that out better than most. Together they've won 3 from 9 races — that's 1 in every 3, which is a remarkable number for any partnership and suggests a genuine understanding between rider and horse. Orr described his experience after winning at Catterick, noting that despite a slow start, Made All settled him down rather than the other way around — a jockey admitting the horse did the thinking, which tells you something about how comfortable he is in his own skin when conditions are right.
Those conditions, specifically, are distance and ground. At between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, Made All has won 4 of 14 races — 29%, nearly 1 in 3. On fast, dry ground that figure jumps to 2 wins from just 5 races, a 40% success rate that is genuinely elite at his level. Catterick Bridge suits him particularly well: he's won 2 of 6 races there, and England noted some bad luck on that same track three runs ago, where a rapidly improving younger horse got in the way of what might have been another victory.
He has risen 20lb in the weights this year as a consequence of his good form, which makes life harder — that's the sport's way of handicapping success. His most recent win came at Wolverhampton two months ago, and with three third-place finishes since, he's knocking on the door again. For a horse who competes at the lower end of the racing ladder, Made All punches with surprising regularity when everything lines up.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
7 | 1 second, 6 other | 15 Jan | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
6 | 2 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, 1 other | 21 May | 33.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 | 1 win, 2 other | 20 Mar | 33.3% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 4 Sep | 0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
3 | 1 second, 2 other | 12 Apr | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 5 Feb | 0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 18 Apr | 50% |
| Beverley Undulating |
2 | 2 other | 24 Sep | 0% |
| Market Rasen Sharp |
2 | 2 thirds | 28 May | 0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 10 May | 0% |
| Sedgefield Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 5 Dec | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 29 Mar | 0% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 14 Oct | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 12 Jun | 0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 23 May | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 21 Feb | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Oct | 0% |