Tiger Power

The career so far has been short but sharp. A first win came at Haydock Park in September 2025, which is a proper track with a strong reputation — not a bad place to announce yourself. Then, seven weeks ago, Tiger Power went back out and won again at Southwell in February 2026, confirming that the first win was no fluke. In between, there was a third-place finish, meaning this horse has never finished out of the places in its life. Three races, three times in the frame, twice in front. That is a remarkably clean record for such a young horse.

Andrew Balding trains Tiger Power from his yard at Kingsclere in Hampshire, and the operation is clearly in serious form right now — 204 winners sent out this season is a significant number, the kind of total that puts a yard firmly among the busiest and most successful in the country. When a horse comes from a yard firing at that rate, you know it is being well looked after and well placed. Balding has a reputation for doing exactly that: finding the right races for horses at the right time.

The level Tiger Power has been competing at — Class 5, which sits in the lower-middle tier of British racing — suits the profile of a young horse still developing. Winning 2 from 3 at that level, with the form reading 1-3-1 in reverse order, suggests a horse that is consistent and improving rather than one that has simply been dropped into easy races. The next question, and it is an interesting one, is whether the team decides to step Tiger Power up in class. The record so far would certainly justify trying. After a short break of around seven weeks since that last win, the horse returns with its confidence presumably high and its potential still largely untested. That is an exciting combination.