Tex

The shape of his career tells a story of a horse that needed time to mature. Baker, who runs the yard at Epsom, explained that Tex showed early promise—he got to the front on a couple of occasions as a younger horse but simply couldn't finish the job. Rather than assume that was his ceiling, the yard stuck with him and even carried out a minor wind operation, a procedure sometimes used to help horses breathe more easily during the run-in. That kind of attention to detail suggests the yard who believe in the horse. His recent form has been patchy—he finished eighth just yesterday, after places and wins scattered through his last six runs—but at five years old he is entering an age when patience pays dividends. Baker's yard has produced 14 winners this season, and Tex has been rested for the winter with a plan to run again in early 2027. In a world where horses are often discarded if they don't win young, Tex's story is one of a yard willing to wait for maturity to arrive.