Taxus Baccata

The most recent win came at Wincanton just last week, on 23 March 2026, and the horse was back out racing again only a day ago — so this is an animal clearly thriving on its work right now. Wincanton is a track that suits front-runners and horses full of confidence, and turning up in form and coming away with the win there is no small thing. The first career win arrived at Uttoxeter back in April 2024, which means the best part of two years passed between that breakthrough and this current purple patch. Something has clearly clicked.

The horse is trained by Robbie Llewellyn, whose yard in Wroughton, Wiltshire has sent out 13 winners this season alone — a yard operating with real momentum, which matters more than people might think. Horses trained somewhere that is firing on all cylinders tend to arrive at the racecourse in peak condition, because confidence and routine run through an entire stable. Regular jockey Jack Quinlan has been aboard for 7 of the 15 races, winning once together, which is a win rate of around 1 in 7 — modest on paper, but their partnership is still developing and the horse's current form has coincided with Quinlan in the saddle.

One area worth watching is that Taxus Baccata typically competes at Class 4 level and has won only 1 of 9 races at that grade — just 11%, or roughly 1 in every 9. That is a lower conversion rate than its overall record suggests, which hints that when the competition stiffens slightly, the margin for error shrinks. Still, a horse raced just yesterday, off the back of a win last week, is clearly in a rich vein. Right now, Taxus Baccata is the kind of name worth keeping an eye on.