Palm Beach

The most telling number in Palm Beach's record is what happens on normal ground: 2 wins from 16 races, or roughly 1 in every 8, which accounts for both career victories. That 12% win rate on a good surface is nearly double what it manages overall, suggesting the horse simply goes better when the track isn't testing it. Soft or muddy conditions appear to take the edge off whatever it has to offer.

Those two wins came more than three years apart, which gives a sense of the patience involved. The first arrived at Carlisle in March 2022; the second came at Worcester in July 2025, about ten months ago. Worcester on a dry summer day, it turns out, is exactly the kind of occasion that suits Palm Beach. The gap between victories is not necessarily a sign of decline — it is more that this horse has always been a difficult one to win with. It competes mostly at Class 4 level, which is solidly mid-table in the British racing pyramid, and has won just 1 of its 11 races at that level.

The jockey partnership with Mr John Dixon is a long one — 22 races together — but it has produced only 1 win, a rate of roughly 1 in every 22. That is a tough return for a sustained combination, though it speaks to the loyalty of trainer Victor Thompson's small operation in Alnwick, Northumbria, which has sent out just one winner this season. This is not a big, flashy yard firing in winners every week — it is a tight outfit, and Palm Beach is very much its kind of horse: experienced, honest, and quietly hoping the ground comes up right.