More Thunder

The five-year-old is trained by William Haggas at Newmarket, one of the most productive yards in Britain right now — 170 winners already this season, which is the kind of number that makes other trainers wince. More Thunder has clearly thrived in that environment. Three of its five career wins have come at Newmarket itself, making it something of a course specialist on its home turf: 3 wins from 5 races there is a 60% win rate, and that consistency over the same track suggests the horse genuinely knows its way around. Some horses just take to a place, and Newmarket seems to suit More Thunder perfectly.

The partnership with jockey Tom Marquand is another thread worth pulling. In six races together, they have won four, which works out to winning roughly 2 in every 3 times — an extraordinary connection between horse and rider. When Marquand is in the saddle, something clearly clicks.

What really sets More Thunder apart, though, is the trajectory of the last few months. Three wins in the spring and summer of 2025, culminating in a Class 1 victory at Newbury on 16 August — that is the top tier of British racing, and getting there represents a genuine step up in class. The horse had already shown it could handle Class 2 company comfortably, winning 3 of the 4 races it ran at that level, but beating the very best at Newbury confirmed it belongs at the sharp end of the sport.

Recent form reads 4-2-2-1-1-2, which means two wins followed by three placed finishes and then a fourth last time out. That slight softening after the Newbury peak is worth watching, but a horse that raced just one day ago and has already earned five wins across 13 races — including at the highest level — clearly has plenty left to say.