Spyce

The highlight came at Great Yarmouth on 16 September 2025, when Spyce won a Class 2 race — one of the top races in Britain — at what was also the horse's first career victory. Breaking through at that level first time, rather than working up through lesser company, is a meaningful detail. It suggests the team around this horse had confidence in its ability early on, and that confidence was justified.

That team is Alan King's yard in Wroughton, Wiltshire, which has been in strong form this season — 58 winners sent out and counting. King is an experienced hand, and a yard running at that volume tends to know when a horse is ready to step up. The fact that Spyce was pointed at a top-level race and won it speaks well of how the horse has been developing at home.

The one caveat worth noting is that the win came seven months ago, and form lines can shift as a young horse matures. The recent run — finishing fifth — suggests Spyce hasn't quite recaptured that Great Yarmouth level yet. But at 3 years old, with a top-level win already in the bank and a trainer in good nick, there's plenty of reason to think the best is still ahead.