Perseus Way

The numbers right now are genuinely eye-catching. Perseus Way has won 3 of its last 6 races, with the other three finishes all coming in second or third place. In other words, it has not run a bad race in recent memory. The horse raced just yesterday and remains in active training under Tristan Davidson, whose yard in Irthington, Cumbria has sent out 21 winners already this season — a yard clearly firing on all cylinders.

The most striking thread running through Perseus Way's career is what happens at Hexham. The northern track suits this horse like almost nowhere else, with 2 wins from just 4 visits — meaning it wins half the time it turns up there. Most horses never find a course they truly own. Perseus Way has found one, and it showed last week with a win at Hexham on 13 June. The horse also punches upward on its day: a Class 2 win at Huntingdon in January 2023 is one of the top races in Britain, and it proved Perseus Way belongs at a higher level when conditions are right.

Conditions matter a great deal here. On wet or muddy ground, Perseus Way has won 3 from 5 races — a 60% win rate that is extraordinary by any measure. And stretch the trip out to between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, and it wins nearly half the time, 4 wins from 9 races at that distance. This is a horse that wants a proper test of stamina in testing ground, and when it gets one, it almost always delivers.

Jockey Jamie Moore has been aboard for 2 of those wins from 6 rides together, winning roughly 1 in every 3 races they have shared — a strong partnership by any reckoning. Perseus Way is not a superstar, but it is something arguably more useful: a horse that knows exactly what it is good at, keeps turning up, and keeps winning. At seven, with form this good, it shows no signs of stopping.