Start Me Up

Across nine races in total, Start Me Up has won 2 and finished in the places a further 4 times, giving it a win rate of roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 races (22%). That's a solid return for a horse still only three years old, an age when most racehorses are still figuring things out. The recent form tells an even sharper story: two wins from the last six races, with a fourth place the only other blip. This is a horse that is improving and doing so quickly.

Behind the scenes, Start Me Up is trained by Richard Spencer at Newmarket in Suffolk, one of British racing's great centres of excellence. Spencer's yard has sent out 30 winners this season alone, which tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses ready to perform. A trainer in that kind of form tends to have everything running smoothly — the right races, the right work on the gallops, the right timing.

What makes Start Me Up genuinely interesting is that Chester specialism. Chester is one of Britain's most unusual racecourses — a tight, almost circular track where horses that handle the bends well gain a real edge. Not every horse takes to it, which makes finding one that does feel like discovering a secret weapon. Start Me Up has now won there twice in the space of a fortnight, first on 12 June and again on 27 June 2026. If the team keeps coming back to Chester, it would be a brave person to bet against them.