Roysse

That yard, based in Naunton in the Gloucestershire countryside, has been in outstanding form this season — 91 winners and counting, which is a serious number. When a stable is firing on all cylinders like that, you notice the horses they keep running regularly, and Roysse is clearly in their thoughts. Pauling himself has spoken about being keen to get the horse out as soon as possible after runs, which fits the pattern: this is a horse the team trust and want in the game.

Roysse's record in Class 4 races — the mid-tier level where the competition is honest but not elite — is the most compelling part of the picture. Two wins from just 5 races at that level gives a win rate of 40%, which is genuinely impressive. Win 2 in every 5 at any level of horse racing and you are doing something right. It suggests Roysse finds its best form when racing at the right grade, rather than being thrown in against the top horses or coasting against weak fields.

The horse's most recent win came at Worcester this week on 17 June 2026, which makes this profile almost real-time. Before that, its first career win arrived at Newbury in January 2024, which is a track that regularly attracts decent-quality fields. That win gave the team something to build on, and the career prize money of £74,000 confirms this is a horse operating at a solid, respectable level — not a superstar, but consistently competitive.

Regular jockey Ben Jones has ridden Roysse in 7 of its 14 races, winning once together — a win rate of around 1 in 7 for that particular partnership, which is modest. Interestingly, Pauling noted after a chase run last November that Roysse can be keen and exuberant in his jumping, and that Jones had to nurse him home after a mistake four fences out. That detail matters: it is a horse with energy and enthusiasm, occasionally to a fault. When it keeps that under control — as it clearly did at Worcester this week — the results speak for themselves.