Tees George

Most of Tees George's racing has come at Class 6, the entry level of British racing, where he has won 2 of his 19 races at that grade. A win rate of around 1 in 10 might not set pulses racing, but the more revealing number is what happens when he turns up at Beverley. At that tight, undulating track on the Yorkshire coast, he has won 2 of his 6 races — a completely different animal from his record elsewhere. His most recent win came there in April 2026, just two months ago, and it is hard to escape the feeling that Beverley simply suits the way he travels and finishes.

Nicholls has flagged one ongoing challenge with the horse: he is a big, light-framed animal who finds it genuinely difficult to carry condition on his frame. Keeping a horse like that in peak physical shape across a long season is a real training puzzle, and the fact that Nicholls has still managed 8 winners from the yard this season suggests he is solving it often enough. Tees George raced just yesterday, so he is very much in the thick of things right now, and his recent form reads 3-4-8-1-4-3 — a win followed by two placed efforts in the last three outings is the kind of sequence that suggests a horse in decent heart.

Regular partner Paddy Mathers has ridden him six times without a win together, which is a curious footnote given how well the horse has gone with other riders at Beverley. If Tees George ends up back at his favourite track with the right conditions, do not be surprised if his record there improves to 3 from 7.