Soul Icon

The headline achievement is a Class 1 win at Kempton Park on 27 December 2024 — one of the biggest races in British racing's calendar. Class 1 is the very top tier, and Soul Icon only wins roughly 1 in every 9 races at that level, which tells you these occasions are hard to crack. That makes the Kempton win all the more striking. It also claimed a Class 2 at Fontwell Park back in October 2023, confirming this is a horse capable of rising to big days.

Fontwell Park is where Soul Icon looks almost unbeatable. Three races there, three wins — a perfect record. That kind of course dominance is rare and usually means something about how a horse moves, how it handles the track's unusual shape, or simply that it thrives on the atmosphere. Whatever the reason, when Soul Icon turns up at Fontwell, you pay attention.

Ground conditions matter enormously in racing, and Soul Icon is at its very best on normal ground — 8 wins from 16 races, meaning it wins half the time when conditions suit. That is a remarkable conversion rate and explains a lot about when trainer Keiran Burke, based at Whitcombe in Dorset, will be targeting big days. Burke's yard has sent out 13 winners already this season, so this is a yard in form. When jockey Harry Kimber is in the saddle, the results are even more striking — 6 wins from just 11 races together, winning more than half the time, which is an extraordinary partnership by any measure.

The honest caveat is that Soul Icon hasn't won in its last six races, and that last victory at Kempton now sits 16 months in the past. Recent form shows a mix of mid-field finishes and two non-completions. At nine, the question is always whether the old magic can return — but the Fontwell record and the Kempton peak suggest this horse still has something worth watching.