Narmar

What makes Narmar genuinely interesting is the recent form. Looking at the last six races — finishing 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, and most recently 10th — there's a horse that won at Ffos Las in June 2025 and has been knocking on the door ever since. That win, ten months ago now, shows the ability is real. The 10th-place finish last time out is the one blip, but given Narmar raced just yesterday and is clearly still being campaigned actively, the team around this horse clearly believe there's more to come.

Trainer Jennie Candlish, based at Basford in Staffordshire, has had a productive season — 60 winners sent out already, which is the mark of a yard operating with real confidence. Candlish doesn't run horses just to fill a field; when Narmar turns up, it's worth paying attention. The partnership with jockey George Wood is worth noting too: together they've won 1 from 5 races, a 20% win rate, which is actually well above the horse's overall average. When those two team up, the chances improve noticeably.

The one puzzle in Narmar's record is the Class 4 performance — that's a mid-tier level of race, and across seven attempts at that grade, the win column reads zero. Both career victories have come elsewhere, suggesting Narmar finds its best form when dropping into slightly less competitive company. That first win came at Listowel back in June 2023, and the Ffos Las success followed over two years later. Two wins in 22 races won't set the world alight, but this is a horse that places regularly, races frequently, and has a trainer in form behind it. The next win might not be far away.