Raqraaq

The pattern is clear: Raqraaq wins at Lingfield Park on standard ground and struggles everywhere else. Its record at that track stands at 2 wins from 14 races, a 14% win rate that places it firmly among that course's dependable lower-tier performers. Away from Lingfield or when the ground changes, the win rate collapses to near invisibility. At Class 6 level — where most of its races have been run — it has won 2 of 18 races (11%), which is respectable for that company, but the pattern suggests the horse is at its ceiling there.

David Probert has been its regular jockey, and the pair have won twice from 13 races together (15%), a better win rate than Raqraaq manages overall. That's the sort of detail that matters in handicap racing: a jockey who understands the horse and knows where to ride it confidently can extract an extra percentage point or two. Patrick Chamings' yard at Baughurst has been busy this season with nine winners, and Raqraaq remains active — it raced just a day ago — but there is no disguising the trajectory. Its last win came on 22 January 2025, nearly two years ago now. The recent form reads as a long, slow decline: eighth, fifth, eighth, twelfth, third, sixth. This is a horse waiting for one more trip to Lingfield Park on the right ground to remember what it does best.