Super Citizen

The pattern of his career reveals a horse suited to specific conditions. On wet or muddy ground, he comes alive. He has won two of his eight races on such surfaces — a win rate of roughly one in four — which is dramatically better than his overall record. Ask his trainer Lucinda Hughes at Carlton-In-Cleveland in North Yorkshire, and she almost certainly has learned to watch the weather forecast. When the rain falls, Super Citizen's chances improve considerably.

Brian Hughes has ridden him fifteen times, winning twice, which suggests a modest working relationship rather than a proven partnership. At class five level, the smallest races most of us never hear about, Super Citizen has won two of thirteen attempts, almost exactly matching his overall form. He last won at Carlisle on 30 November 2025 — ten months ago now — and has not crossed the line first in his last six races, though he has placed twice in that stretch. At twelve years old and still racing, he is proof that even horses who rarely win are worth running. Super Citizen was at the track just yesterday, and he will be back.