Hanmer trains out of Tattenhall in Cheshire, and his team has been in decent form this season, sending out 19 winners. Ruler Legend, though, hasn't been adding to that tally. The last win came at Huntingdon in March 2024 — over two years ago now — and the six runs since have returned a sixth place, two more sixths, a fifth, and two blanks. Not a horse in form, in other words.
Where Ruler Legend does show something interesting is over a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs. At that distance, the record reads 1 win from 3 races — a win rate of 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 outings. That might sound like a small sample, but compared to its overall record, it's a striking contrast. Most of its career has been spent in Class 5 races — the bread-and-butter, workaday level of the sport — where it has won just 1 from 14, the same 7% as its overall career average. It hasn't been troubling the top tier.
The horse raced seven days ago and is currently active, so the yard are clearly still finding races they like the look of. Whether there's another win in Ruler Legend at seven is the question — but if there is, the smart money would be on a trip around a mile and a half, which is where this horse has looked most at home.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon Galloping |
3 | 1 win, 1 third, 1 other | 11 Nov | 33.3% |
| Naas Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 second | 7 May | 50% |
| Market Rasen Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 5 Apr | 50% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
2 | 2 other | 22 Mar | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 25 Oct | 0% |
| Wetherby Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 22 Jan | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 19 Oct | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Nov | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 16 Apr | 0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 22 Sep | 0% |
| Sedgefield Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 4 Feb | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 23 Oct | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 29 Jul | 0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 29 Mar | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Dec | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 17 May | 0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 3 Jun | 0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 6 Oct | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 27 Dec | 0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 | 1 other | 20 Sep | 0% |