Pinjarra

The overall career numbers tell a more modest story — 3 wins and 8 places from 25 races, which works out at roughly 1 win in every 8 outings, or 12% across the board. But that headline figure undersells where Pinjarra is genuinely competitive. Over the shorter distances, between five and six-and-a-half furlongs, the record improves sharply to 3 wins from 14 races, around 1 in 5. That is a meaningful gap. The extra distance clearly blunts something, and the team at John and Sean Quinn's yard in Norton, North Yorkshire, appear to know it — they keep coming back to the sprints.

Quinn's yard has been in fine form this season, sending out 42 winners, so Pinjarra is part of a operation that knows how to place a horse well. Jason Hart has ridden Pinjarra nine times and won once together, an 11% win rate that is slightly below the horse's overall average — though nine rides is a decent enough sample to suggest Hart knows this horse's rhythms and quirks better than most.

The recent form makes for interesting reading. Going back through the last six races, the sequence reads 8-13-8-1-5-2 — that win and runner-up sandwiched between some disappointing efforts tells its own story. Pinjarra can look ordinary, then suddenly land a race or run a blinder. The last win came at Chelmsford in February 2026, roughly two months ago, and with a race just yesterday the horse is clearly in a busy spell of campaigning. Whether that busy schedule is building towards something or simply making the most of a horse the team knows well, only time will tell — but Chelmsford on a short trip remains the place to watch.