Sixmilebridge

What makes the record even more impressive is where those wins have come. Two of them have arrived at Cheltenham, which is widely regarded as the most demanding and prestigious track in Britain. Sixmilebridge has won 2 of its 4 races there, including a top-tier Class 1 race in January 2025 and a Class 2 in December that same year. These are not soft wins against weak fields — Class 1 and Class 2 races sit at the very top of the sport, and winning them at Cheltenham is about as good as it gets. Sandown Park has also been a happy hunting ground, with two wins there including another Class 1 victory as recently as 31 January 2026, just eight weeks ago.

The current form is striking. Sixmilebridge has won 5 of its last 6 races, with only a ninth-place finish interrupting what has otherwise been a dominant run. The horse is currently on a three-race winning streak and has clearly hit a purple patch of form. The short break since that last win — 57 days — looks like a deliberate freshener rather than a sign of any problem.

In the saddle for most of this has been jockey Kielan Woods, who has ridden Sixmilebridge in 9 of its 10 races and won 6 of them together. That is a partnership winning at 67%, or roughly 2 in every 3 races they share — an unusually tight and productive combination. Behind the scenes, trainer Fergal O'Brien has been the architect of it all. His yard in Withington, Gloucestershire has sent out 91 winners already this season, which underlines that this is not a happy accident — it is a well-run operation producing results at the highest level. Sixmilebridge looks like the jewel in that crown right now.