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Ruth Carr trains him from her yard in Stillington, North Yorkshire — a stable in fine form this season, having sent out 63 winners. Carr knows this horse well, and what she knows is that he needs fast, dry ground when he runs on grass. On the artificial all-weather surfaces, he's more versatile, and the majority of his wins have come that way. He opened his account at Wolverhampton in September 2022 and has returned to the all-weather track reliably ever since. His last win came at Newcastle in September 2024 — now 21 months ago — so the clock is ticking on that streak, but Carr was already pointing him at a race at Thirsk as recently as April, suggesting the team believe there's another win in him.

His best track is Hamilton Park in Scotland, where he's won 2 of his 6 races — that's 1 in every 3 visits, which is a notably strong record for a horse who wins roughly 1 in every 13 races across his whole career. Some horses just click with certain tracks, and Hamilton appears to suit him well. His usual partner is jockey James Sullivan, who has ridden him in 30 races and won 3 of them together — around 1 in every 10 rides — which is a solid working relationship at this level.

Most of his races have come at Class 5, the bread-and-butter tier of British racing. He's won 3 of his 25 races there, around 1 in 8, which is exactly what you'd want from a horse at this grade. Recent form has been patchy — his last six runs show finishes of 6th, 2nd, 12th, 12th, 7th and 5th — but jockey Ray Dawson described him after one of his better efforts as "very honest and genuine," which is perhaps the best thing you can say about a horse who has been turning up and competing for the best part of a decade.