Tan Rapido

The most recent form makes for uncomfortable reading. Looking at the last six races in reverse order, Tan Rapido won at Chelmsford in July 2025, followed up with a second place, and then produced four consecutive seventh-place finishes. That's the kind of sequence that tests patience — a glimpse of what the horse can do, followed by a run of performances that raise more questions than they answer. The Chelmsford win was ten months ago now, and with a race just yesterday, the yard at Newmarket is clearly keeping Tan Rapido busy in search of a return to form.

Charlie Fellowes trains out of Newmarket and has had a productive season, sending out 17 winners so far. Tan Rapido, though, has been one of the harder puzzles on the roster. The horse typically competes at Class 4 level — solid, mid-tier racing, not the glamour events but a genuine test — and has yet to win at that grade from 8 attempts. That's a striking detail. Both career wins have come elsewhere, which suggests Tan Rapido may actually be better placed dropping into less competitive company rather than grinding away at a level that hasn't yielded a single victory.

Jockey Kieran Shoemark has partnered Tan Rapido five times and taken 1 win from those rides — a 20% win rate together, which is actually better than the horse's overall record and hints at some chemistry between the two. The first win came at Windsor back in July 2023, and the second at Chelmsford nearly two years later, which shows the ability is real and repeatable. The career has just been more about promise and placing than consistent winning.

At five years old, Tan Rapido is no youngster still finding its feet, but there's enough evidence here — two wins, eight places, a jockey who seems to suit — to suggest another moment is possible. Whether it comes soon is the question the yard will be hoping yesterday's run helps answer.