One Of Our Own

The most striking thing about this horse is what happens when the sun comes out. On fast, dry ground, One Of Our Own has won 5 from 17 races — nearly 29%, or close to 1 in every 3 attempts. That is a dramatically better record than its overall figures suggest, and it tells you something important: when conditions suit, this is a different horse entirely. Trainers and jockeys notice these patterns, and so should anyone watching it run.

Nowhere does it perform better than at Catterick Bridge, a tight, twisting track in North Yorkshire. Three wins from just 8 races there makes it a genuine course specialist — that is a 37% win rate, more than 1 in every 3 races at the same venue. For a horse operating at this level, that kind of consistency at a specific track is worth paying attention to. Catterick suits certain horses, and One Of Our Own is clearly one of them.

It is trained by Rebecca Menzies, whose yard in Morden, County Durham, has sent out 36 winners this season alone — a strong output that puts her firmly among the productive northern trainers. The partnership with jockey Kaiya Fraser has been particularly fruitful: 3 wins from 13 races together works out at 23%, or nearly 1 in every 4 rides, which is well above the horse's overall average. When Fraser is in the saddle, something clicks.

One Of Our Own won at Redcar just three weeks ago and raced again only yesterday, which tells you this is a horse in form and in work. Its first career win came at Redcar back in August 2023, and it has come back to that track to win again — a nice bit of symmetry for a horse that has been quietly doing the business for nearly three years.