Top Biller

Across 24 career races in total, Top Biller has won 2 and finished in the places a further 5 times — so it has given its the yard something to cheer on 7 occasions out of 24, even if the wins have been hard to come by. The first came at Wolverhampton in January 2025, and the second at Lingfield Park in late May 2025. Both of those tracks are all-weather venues, which is a useful detail — it suggests Top Biller may be at its best on the artificial surface rather than grass.

The trainer is Julia & Shelley Birkett, a yard operating out of Newmarket, the historic home of British flat racing. They have sent out 15 winners this season, which shows the operation is ticking over well even if Top Biller itself has not been among those winners lately. The horse's most regular jockey is Dylan Hogan, who has partnered it in 11 of its 24 races and won once together — a win rate of around 1 in every 10 rides. That is a modest return, though it reflects the horse's overall profile rather than any particular failing.

What makes Top Biller's current situation worth watching is that it raced just one day ago, and its recent form makes for fairly grim reading: six races without a win, and the last two finishing positions were 11th and 12th. That is a horse that has gone cold. The last win was almost 12 months ago, which is a long gap at this level. Whether a bounce-back is coming or whether the yard is searching for the right race to spark it back into form is the interesting question. For now, Top Biller is a horse that has shown it can win — just not very often, and not recently.