Tom Creen

Sam England's yard at Guiseley, in West Yorkshire, is clearly banking on exactly that logic. Tom Creen's most recent victory came at Sedgefield on 26 December 2024, and the trainer has made it clear the plan is to run him there again, possibly over three miles. It is a sound strategy: the horse loves wet ground, winning 4 of his last 9 races on muddy or wet surfaces — a 44% win rate that stands out sharply against his overall 15% record. Sedgefield, especially in winter, offers the kind of conditions that suit him. Jonathan England has ridden him to three wins from 18 races together, a shade better than his career average, suggesting there is a working partnership there.

The reality is that Tom Creen is a mid-tier racehorse who has not won in his last six races and competes mainly in Class 4 races, where he has managed just 2 wins from 17 starts. He is racing on a high mark and carrying the kind of weight that comes with age and experience. But he has been active as recently as yesterday, and if the yard can get him back to Sedgefield on a wet day over a distance that suits him, there is every chance he will remind everyone why they keep saddling him up. For a horse his age, still racing and still capable of winning at a course that clearly plays to his strengths, that is not a bad position to be in.