Nottodaybobo

What makes that winning record genuinely interesting is where it happens. On normal ground conditions, Nottodaybobo has won 3 of its 7 races — that's a 43% win rate, which is extraordinary. Nearly half the time it lines up on a standard surface, it wins. Compare that to its record in higher-grade company — 0 wins from 4 attempts at Class 4 level — and a clear picture emerges: this is a horse that thrives when conditions suit, and right now they do.

Trainer Micky Hammond has been operating out of Middleham in North Yorkshire and has had a productive season, sending out 25 winners. Hammond has a reputation for placing his horses shrewdly, and with Nottodaybobo showing a recent run of first, first, third across its last three completed starts, it looks like the yard has found the right races to target. That sequence — a seventh, then a win, then a win — suggests a horse that has been freshened up and is running into peak form.

Nottodaybobo first won at Kilbeggan back in August 2023, so it is no stranger to finding the winner's enclosure. But what's striking is that its two most recent victories suggest this isn't a horse living off past glories — it raced just yesterday and remains firmly active. At 8 years old, plenty of horses are winding down. This one looks like it's hitting its stride.