Megaphone

Both of Megaphone's wins have come at the Class 5 level — the entry-level tier of British racing — where its record is noticeably sharper: 2 wins from 8 races at that grade means it has won 1 in every 4, which is a genuinely solid conversion rate at that level. The wins came at Kempton Park in January 2025 and Wolverhampton the following month, suggesting the horse is most comfortable on all-weather tracks during the winter months. That back-to-back sequence showed a horse building momentum at exactly the right time of year.

Since then, though, the wheels have come off somewhat. Megaphone hasn't won in its last six races, and the recent finishing positions — 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 9th, 9th reading from best to worst — paint a picture of a horse that has struggled to recapture that February spark. A fourth-place finish is the only real hint of a threat in that run, and the trend since then has been quietly discouraging.

Megaphone is trained by Scott Dixon, who operates out of Rolleston in Nottinghamshire. Dixon's yard has sent out 33 winners this season, which speaks to a stable in decent working order — so the horse is in capable hands. Whether Megaphone can rediscover the form that made it a back-to-back winner earlier in the year remains the key question. It raced just yesterday, which means the yard are keeping it busy and clearly believe there's another win in there somewhere. Whether that belief proves well-founded is what makes following a horse like this interesting.