State Of Madness

Across 27 races in total, State Of Madness has won 3 times and finished in the places on another 12 occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 9 races, or 11% overall. Most of its racing comes at Class 6, the everyday level of the sport, where it has won 2 of 11 races (about 1 in 5 at that level). That is a perfectly respectable record for a horse operating at this tier, and the Brighton form lifts the whole picture considerably.

The last win came at Newcastle on 2nd December 2025 — now seven months ago — and the six races since have brought nothing better than a second place. Recent form reads 2-5-4-3-9-5, which tells a story of a horse placing and threatening without getting the job done. It is not disgracing itself, but the winner's enclosure has felt a long way off. Whether that is a matter of conditions, class, or simply a horse going through a quiet spell is hard to say from the outside.

Mark Loughnane trains it from Rock Farm in Worcestershire, and his yard has sent out 25 winners already this season — a healthy, active operation that clearly knows how to get horses ready to run. Despite that, regular partner Joanna Mason is still looking for her first win aboard this horse in five attempts together, which is a notable blank given how often they have paired up. That said, the horse has raced just one day ago, meaning it is firmly in active campaign mode right now.

Loughnane will know better than most that the simplest answer to a six-race winless run might be a trip back to Brighton. Two wins from three visits is the kind of record you do not ignore — at a track as unusual as that one, some horses simply suit it and others do not. State Of Madness has made it very clear which camp it belongs to.