Someone's Wish

The most striking number in Someone's Wish's profile is at Downpatrick, a tight, undulating track in County Down where this horse has won 2 of its 3 races. That is an extraordinary ratio. Most horses can go a whole career without finding a course that clicks like that. When they do, smart trainers keep going back. Patrick Morris, based out of Prescott on Merseyside, clearly understands this — the yard has sent out 22 winners this season, and Someone's Wish contributed to that tally as recently as October 2025 at Downpatrick, eight months ago. After that win, the trainer was already mapping out a step up in company, mentioning a two-mile chase at Down Royal as the next target. That kind of forward planning suggests a team that believes there is more to come.

The conditions matter too. On normal ground Someone's Wish wins 2 from 8, or 1 in every 4 — that 25% rate is genuinely strong, well above its overall average. Stretch it out to a mile and three or four furlongs and it wins 1 from 5 at that trip. Put all of that together — right track, right ground, right distance — and this is a horse that rewards patience and homework.

What is slightly puzzling is the partnership with regular jockey Sam Ewing, which has produced zero wins from eight rides together. That is a long run without a result, though it has not stopped the team persisting. At Downpatrick in October, it was Jack Kennedy in the saddle, and Kennedy's post-race verdict was revealing: they went fast up front, he sat and waited, and the horse came home. The trainer noted there was more improvement to come from that run. Someone's Wish last raced just yesterday, so whatever comes next is imminent. For a horse sitting at the bottom end of the racing pyramid — it competes mostly in the lowest grade, where it has won half its races at that level — the Downpatrick record alone makes it one worth following whenever it heads back there.