Now Where Or When

He is a 10-year-old trained by S R B Crawford at Larne in County Antrim, a yard that has sent out 12 winners already this season — so there's clearly no shortage of confidence there. His most regular partner in the saddle has been J J Slevin, and together they have won 1 of their 11 races, which works out to roughly 1 in every 11 rides — not a dazzling number on its own, but the broader picture matters more here. The one thing both horse and jockey have in common is that their best days together may still be ahead of them on the right course.

What makes Now Where Or When's upcoming return genuinely interesting is the gap. He last raced 307 days ago — just over 10 months — and before that break, he had just won at Down Royal in January 2025. That was his most recent win, and it came on his best track. His recent form figures before the layoff were patchy, but trainers don't bring horses back off long breaks without believing there's a reason to. Crawford's yard is in form, and a horse returning to a course where he has already won twice is always worth a second look. The last time Now Where Or When walked into a Down Royal parade ring, he walked out a winner. That kind of track record doesn't expire.