Solar Biricz

The key to understanding this horse is class. Drop Solar Biricz into the lowest tier of racing — Class 6, the entry-level contests where most horses are finding their feet or winding down — and something clicks. Two wins from 7 races at that level is a win rate of 29%, or nearly 1 in 3, which is genuinely sharp for any horse at any stage of its career. It suggests Solar Biricz is a horse that needs to be in the right company to shine, and when the yard get that right, it delivers.

Both wins have come with jockey Ben Robinson in the saddle. Together they have won 2 of their 9 races — roughly 1 in 4 — and that partnership clearly brings out the best in the horse. Mark Walford, who trains Solar Biricz from his yard in Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, has had a productive season with 35 winners sent out, so Solar Biricz is part of an operation that knows how to get horses to the track in winning form.

The most recent win came at Doncaster on 15 June 2025 — now 10 months ago — and since then the last six runs read 3rd, 8th, 9th, 12th, 17th, suggesting the horse has drifted away from its best. Those mid-field and back-of-the-pack finishes are a reminder that Solar Biricz can be frustrating, and form like that can test anyone's patience. But the horse raced just yesterday, which means it is actively campaigned and clearly still considered capable of better. The question now is whether Walford can find the right race — almost certainly at Class 6, almost certainly with Robinson — to bring another win out of a horse that has shown it can deliver when all the pieces fall into place.