Sant Alessio

The distance that suits Sant Alessio best is a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, and the numbers back that up sharply. Over those trips, he has won 2 of his 9 races — that's 22%, or roughly 1 in every 4 and a half. Compare that to his overall record of 1 win from 12 races at Class 5 level (8%, or barely 1 in 12), and it becomes clear that getting the trip right matters enormously. He is not a horse who goes through the motions — put him over the right distance and you get a different animal.

His two wins came at different ends of the calendar and at different venues. The first arrived at Bath in August 2025, a track with a long, sweeping straight that rewards a horse who travels well. The second came at Wolverhampton in November — an all-weather track, indoors effectively, which shows Sant Alessio can handle different surfaces rather than being a specialist on one type of ground. That Wolverhampton win was now eight months ago, and his recent form reads 4-7-10-1-2-12 from most recent back — a mixed picture with a promising second sandwiched between some disappointing efforts.

He raced just yesterday, which tells you the team still believe there is a race to be won with him. At five years old, he is still relatively young and has time to add to his tally. For a yard based in Devon sending horses to tracks across the country, every winner counts, and Sant Alessio has already provided two of them. Whether he can rediscover the form that got him to the winner's enclosure at Wolverhampton is the question — but the fact he keeps being aimed and entered suggests Joe Tickle has not given up on finding the right opportunity.