Scorpio Rising

What really sets Scorpio Rising apart is the trajectory. After a first win at Perth in October 2025, the horse has barely looked back — winning 4 of its last 6 races, with the two non-wins still resulting in a third place and a seventh. The recent form reads 7-1-1-1-1-3, which, working backwards, means four wins in a row at the heart of that sequence. That kind of consistency is rare, and it suggests a horse that has found its confidence and knows exactly what it is doing.

The standout result came on 7 March 2026 at Sandown Park, where Scorpio Rising won a Class 1 race — one of the most prestigious races you can win in Britain. That is a significant leap from the Class 4 level where the horse has spent much of its career, and it is the clearest sign yet that this is a horse with genuine top-level ability. When the occasion was biggest, Scorpio Rising delivered.

Much of that success has been built in partnership with jockey Sean Bowen, who has ridden the horse in 6 of its races and won 4 of them — a win rate of 67%, or roughly two in every three rides together. That is the kind of partnership that trainers dream about: horse and jockey clearly understand each other. Behind the scenes, Olly Murphy's yard at Wilmcote in Warwickshire provides the platform — and it is a yard in fine form, having sent out 146 winners already this season, which is the mark of a seriously well-run operation.

Scorpio Rising raced just one day ago and remains in active training. With a Class 1 win already on the board at six years old and a horse still seemingly on the rise, the question is not whether it belongs at the top level — it has already proved that — but how much further it can go.