The last win came at Salisbury on 2 October 2024 in a Class 2 race, and that is now a year in the past. Over the last six races, Sword Maker has won twice but also accumulated three fifth-place finishes, a pattern that hints at inconsistency. The most recent run was just yesterday, and the last two before that produced a fifth and a fifth again — not the form of a horse building momentum.
Where Sword Maker does genuinely excel is on normal ground at middle distances between five and six and a half furlongs. On those terms, the horse has won three of five races — a 60% win rate that is far better than the overall career numbers suggest. Ground conditions and track layout matter enormously in racing, and this horse has clearly found a comfort zone. The same applies to Salisbury itself, which has been a happy hunting ground: one of the three career wins came there, and that Class 2 victory shows the horse is capable of beating decent opposition when everything lines up.
Trained by Saeed bin Suroor at Newmarket, a yard that has sent out 15 winners this season, Sword Maker has access to top-class facilities and expertise. The challenge now is finding another race where the distance, ground, and track suit — because if Sword Maker gets those three things right again, it has shown it can win at a solid level.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 26 Sep | 0% |
| meydan | 2 | 1 second, 1 other | 30 Jan | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 12 Sep | 100% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 30 Jul | 100% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 | 1 win | 2 Oct | 100% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 11 Oct | 0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 16 Aug | 0% |