Sherlock

That one win came at Newcastle on 24 February 2026, and it remains his only career success — now four months ago and still waiting for a follow-up. His best performances tend to come over shorter trips, between five and six-and-a-half furlongs, where he has won 1 from 8 races at a 12% rate. That is meaningfully better than his overall record and suggests the shorter, sharper races suit him more than anything involving a real stamina test. He competes mostly at Class 6, the entry level of British racing, where he has won 1 from 10 races at 10% — so even at the easiest level available to him, wins are rare.

Sherlock is trained by Kevin Ryan at Hambleton in North Yorkshire, a yard that has sent out 45 winners this season — a strong, active operation. The horse is most often partnered by jockey Tom Eaves, though that combination has yet to click: zero wins from seven rides together. Sherlock raced just yesterday, so he is clearly in a busy spell of his career. Recent form of 4-2-6-4-2-4 shows flickers — two second-place finishes in the last six runs — but no win. He keeps getting close enough to keep hope alive, which is probably both the appeal and the frustration of following him.