Road To Wembley

What makes Road To Wembley special is his preference for the long game. Over distances of two miles and beyond, he wins nearly 2 in every 5 races — 3 wins from 7 attempts — a win rate that stands out sharply against his overall record. Put him on normal ground and the picture gets even clearer: he has won 3 of his last 5 outings in those conditions, a 60 per cent success rate that borders on dominant for a horse at his level. His trainer Olly Murphy, based at Wilmcote in Warwickshire, sees a two-mile hurdler with genuine potential, and the recent run at Haydock — where the early pace may have caught them out — suggests there is still more to come if they can get the race set up exactly right.

Finley Marsh has partnered Road To Wembley for 18 of his races, with 4 wins between them, a 22 per cent return that reflects their growing understanding. The horse typically races in Class 4 company, where he has won 2 of 14 attempts, and that modest win rate at that level underlines just how much this current purple patch matters. Three wins in a week is the kind of form that changes how people think about a horse, and Road To Wembley is proving he belongs among the conversation.