Ronnie Russet

Both of those wins have come at Newcastle, the first on 11 December 2025 and the second on 15 January 2026, suggesting the track suits Ronnie Russet well. Finding a course that clicks early in a career is genuinely useful — it gives the trainer a reliable target to aim at, and it tells you something about what the horse enjoys. Newcastle is a left-handed track with long, sweeping bends, and some horses simply take to it in a way they never quite manage elsewhere.

The trainer behind this is Jedd O'Keeffe, who operates out of Coverham in North Yorkshire and has sent out 18 winners already this season — a yard clearly in good form. O'Keeffe is a respected name in northern racing, known for placing his horses shrewdly, and a horse that has won two of its first four races under his care looks well looked after. The recent form reads 9-1-1-5 from most recent backwards, meaning the last result was a ninth but before that came back-to-back wins. That ninth is worth keeping in perspective — this is a horse with very little racing experience, and one off-day does not rewrite what is otherwise a promising early profile.

At just four races in, Ronnie Russet is still very much a work in progress, and the story is far from written. But a 50% win rate — two wins from four races — is the kind of number that catches the eye, and with a trainer in form and a track it clearly loves, there is plenty of reason to keep watching.