Premier

Warren Greatrex trains him out of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire — a yard in fine health this season, having sent out 50 winners. Greatrex picked Premier up at the Tattersalls breeze-up sales in 2024 as a two-year-old, and the investment paid off almost immediately when the horse won at Bath in October 2024. That was just the start. More recently, he landed a win at Taunton in December 2025, and Greatrex has spoken warmly about him as a young horse still finding his best. The trainer describes him as a horse who thrives when the pace is strong and the ground is fast — not a horse for a slog through the mud, but one who wants things done at speed on a decent surface.

The distance question is worth paying attention to. Premier has won 1 from 5 races over two miles or more — a 20% win rate, meaning he wins roughly 1 in every 5 races at that trip. Compare that to his record at the class level where he typically competes, Class 4, where he has gone 0 from 7, and you start to see where the opportunity might lie: he seems to need the right test, not just the right company. Longer trips, with horses running hard from the front, appear to suit him far better than shorter, more tactical affairs.

He raced just yesterday, which means he is right in the thick of his season. At 4 years old, with a trainer who clearly believes there is more to come, Premier looks like a horse still on the way up rather than one running on reputation. The pieces — the distance preference, the trainer's confidence, the solid recent form — suggest that when conditions click into place, he is worth watching.