Monbeg Genius

The overall career record reads six wins and eleven places from 21 races — a win rate of 29%, or roughly one in every three and a half races. That is a solid return, and it reflects a horse that, even when it does not win, tends to be involved. It first won back in October 2021 at Ffos Las, and its most recent victory came at Uttoxeter in February 2025 — a Class 2 race, which means one of the better quality contests in British racing. Winning at that level suggests Monbeg Genius is no ordinary horse.

There is a puzzle at the heart of this profile, though. The horse has run in ten Class 1 races — the very top tier — and has not won a single one. Zero from ten. It clearly has the talent to beat good horses, but the very best fields have so far found it out. That gap between "good enough for Class 2" and "good enough for Class 1" is exactly where many horses spend their whole careers, always competitive but never quite breaking through at the highest level.

The partnership with jockey Jonjo O'Neill Jr is worth noting. He has ridden Monbeg Genius fourteen times and they have won together four times — a win rate of 29%, or just under one in every three and a half rides. That is a productive combination by any measure. The trainer is his father, Jonjo O'Neill Sr, whose yard near Cheltenham has sent out 53 winners already this season, which tells you this is a serious, well-resourced operation. Recent form — a third and a seventh in the last two completed races — suggests Monbeg Genius is still in the game, still placing, but still looking for that seventh win. If it turns up at Chepstow again, pay attention.