Simplify

The first win came at Thirsk in September 2025, and it was immediately a significant one — a Class 2 race, which puts it among the better races in Britain. Winning at that level for the first time, at a track Simplify had not visited before, is not something every three-year-old manages. Then, just this week, another win — this time at Wolverhampton on 31 March 2026. Two wins from five races, and both of them have counted when it mattered.

What makes the record slightly puzzling is the Class 4 picture. In three races at that level — a step below where Simplify has won — there have been no victories at all. It is the kind of quirk that makes you wonder whether Simplify simply performs better when the competition stiffens and the occasion feels bigger. Some horses are like that; the routine races leave them flat, but something clicks when the field is stronger.

Behind all of this is Andrew Balding, training out of Kingsclere in Hampshire, one of the most productive yards in the country right now. Two hundred winners in a single season is a remarkable number — it means the team is sending out horses in form, fit, and ready to run. When a horse carries that kind of support structure, a good performance feels less like a fluke and more like a plan coming together. Simplify, still only three and still only five races into a career, has plenty of time left to show exactly how good it can be.