Marsiac

The first win came at Aintree back in October 2025, and the second followed shortly after at Hereford in November. That's the high-water mark so far. Since then, the horse has managed a couple of fourth-place finishes and a place or two, but nothing to suggest a return to the winner's enclosure is imminent. For a five-year-old, there's still time to find another level, but the window for improvement is narrowing.

Marsiac is trained by Kim Bailey and Mat Nicholls at Cheltenham, a yard that has sent out 31 winners this season and clearly knows its way around a horse. Whether Marsiac will be the next to break through and recapture that winning form remains to be seen. For now, it's a horse worth keeping an eye on — capable of better, but currently stuck in the middle ground where wins are possible but far from guaranteed.