Maltese Cross

The career began with a win at Newmarket in September 2025, which is no small thing. Newmarket is one of the most respected tracks in British racing, and a debut winner there tends to get people talking. From there, Maltese Cross has continued in the same vein, landing a second victory at Newbury just this week — a result so fresh it arrived only yesterday. Two different tracks, two wins. That versatility matters: plenty of horses find a comfort zone and struggle to replicate it elsewhere, so winning at multiple venues this early in a career is a genuinely encouraging sign.

Behind the horse is William Haggas, based right in Newmarket itself, and the numbers from his yard this season are staggering — 175 winners sent out, which puts him firmly among the most in-form training operations in the country. When a stable is firing at that level, a young horse getting the attention of that team is well placed to keep progressing. Maltese Cross looks like exactly the kind of horse a yard in that sort of rhythm would be pointing at something bigger before long.