Night Patrol

That one win came at Newbury on 20 September 2025, and it stands as the highlight of Night Patrol's career so far. Newbury is a fair, galloping track that tends to reward horses who genuinely stay their distance rather than those who nick a race on tactics — so winning there means something. The fact that it came at Class 4 level, the fourth tier of British racing, gives a sense of where this horse currently sits: competitive in decent mid-level company, though not yet tested at the top end.

Within Class 4 races specifically, Night Patrol has actually been fairly solid — winning 1 from 4 at that level, a 25% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 4 attempts. That is a meaningfully better record than the overall career numbers suggest, which hints that when conditions and competition are right, this horse can deliver.

The recent form tells a more complicated story. Reading from the most recent race backwards, the sequence reads 10th, 8th, 3rd, 1st, 8th — a real mixed bag that suggests Night Patrol can show up on its day but is not doing so consistently right now. A race just yesterday means the horse is actively campaigning, which at least signals the team at Julie Camacho's yard believe there is more to come.

Camacho, based in Norton in North Yorkshire, has had a productive season with 46 winners sent out — a strong total that suggests a well-run, confident yard. A trainer firing at that rate clearly knows how to place horses to their best advantage, and for Night Patrol, finding the right spot to repeat that Newbury form will be the challenge. The win was nine months ago now — long enough that the horse needs to find something close to its best again to suggest the story is still moving forward.