Our Dagger

Across its full career of 12 races, Our Dagger has won 3 times and finished in the places a further 3 times — a win rate of 25%, which works out to roughly 1 in every 4 races. For context, most racehorses never win at all, so a horse winning a quarter of its races is doing something right. The journey started at Ffos Las in August 2024, and the most recent victory came at Kempton Park in February 2025, showing this is a horse that can travel and perform at different tracks.

The recent form is where it gets more complicated. The last six results, reading from most recent back, are 5th, 15th, 12th, 6th, 1st, 1st — two wins followed by four races in which Our Dagger has struggled to get involved. That dip is worth watching. Whether it reflects a step up in the quality of opposition, a run of ordinary days, or something else entirely, only time will tell. What we do know is that the Wintle yard is in good shape right now, having sent out 28 winners this season, so the knowhow and momentum are there.

Our Dagger raced just one day ago, which means this is a horse very much in the thick of its season. At five years old, it is still relatively young in racing terms and has plenty of time to build on what is already a tidy record. The question is whether the team can find it another opportunity at that level where it is unbeaten — because when they do, history says to pay attention.