Nanino Niyati

The big moment came at Salisbury on 15 June 2025, when Nanino Niyati broke its duck in a Class 2 race — one of the top races in Britain. First career wins don't come much better than that. Trainer Owen Burrows had spotted something in the horse beforehand, telling people on a stable tour just days earlier that it was "scopey and athletic" and would likely stay further as it matured. He was right on the money. The Lambourn yard, which has been in fine form this season with 32 winners, clearly knew what it had on its hands.

Since that Salisbury breakthrough, Nanino Niyati has only gone and added another win, this time at Newbury on 1 June 2026 — making it 2 wins from its last 6 races, which is a strong return of roughly 1 in every 3 at that level of competition. The recent form reading of 4-1-4-8-3-1 tells you this is not a horse that wins every week, but it finds top gear when it matters. That eighth-place finish sits in the sequence as a blip, the kind of off-day every racehorse has, but it has been bookended by wins and placed efforts that suggest real quality underneath.

What Burrows said about the horse staying further is worth keeping in mind. A horse that can win at a high level over its current trip and then potentially step up in distance has options — and options are everything in racing. Nanino Niyati raced just yesterday, so it is as current as it gets, and with a yard firing on all cylinders behind it, this is one to keep an eye on through the summer.