The improvement in recent form is the most striking thing here. Sail On Sailor's last six results read 9-7-2-3-1-1, which tells a clear story: a horse that was struggling to get competitive has clicked into gear at exactly the right moment. Those two wins have come in the last month alone — first at Bath on 4th May, then at Lingfield Park just this week on 4th June. Back-to-back wins at that stage of a season is the kind of form that gets people's attention.
What really stands out is how well Sail On Sailor performs over a mile and a bit. At distances between 1m1f and 1m2f, the record is two wins from three attempts — that's a 67% win rate, or two out of every three races. Finding a distance that suits a horse is half the battle at this level, and Sail On Sailor has clearly found its sweet spot.
The trainer behind this run of form is Simon Dow, who operates out of Epsom in Surrey — fittingly, a town that lives and breathes horse racing. Dow's yard has sent out 14 winners already this season, which speaks to a stable in confident, productive form. A horse coming out of that environment, winning twice in a month, and racing as recently as yesterday, is a horse that is genuinely on the up. The question now is simply how far up Sail On Sailor can go.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 | 1 second, 2 other | 30 Mar | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 third | 4 Jun | 50% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 | 1 win | 4 May | 100% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 11 Sep | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 6 Nov | 0% |