Pic Roc

Both of those wins have come in Class 2 races, which sit just below the very best races in Britain. That is not the level where average horses go to win. The first came at Ascot in February 2024, a track that carries real prestige and tends to find horses out if they do not belong. The second arrived at Sandown Park on 31 January 2026, confirming that the Ascot win was not a fluke. Winning two of the last six races — and both of them at this level — gives Pic Roc a record that looks better the more closely you examine where those wins came from rather than how many there are.

The partnership with jockey Ben Jones is the through-line here. The two have teamed up 14 times, producing 2 wins — so roughly 1 in every 7 rides together. That is actually a sharper ratio than Pic Roc's overall career average, which hints that Jones knows this horse well and gets the best out of it when it matters. Trainer Ben Pauling, based in Naunton in Gloucestershire, is having a strong season — 86 winners sent out already — and Pic Roc represents exactly the kind of tough, experienced campaigner a busy yard relies on.

The recent form tells an honest story. Two sevens sandwiching a win in the last six races shows a horse that finds winning hard but has not given up looking for it. It raced 19 days ago and is still active, which at eight years old and with two top-level wins already banked is really all you can ask. Some horses burn brightly and disappear. Pic Roc keeps showing up, keeps competing at a level most horses never reach, and every now and then goes and wins one.